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Scientists find an exoplanet whose strange behavior may lead to the Solar’s System hidden ninth planet.
A critical thinking framework developed by psychologists can help teach mental skills necessary for our times.
Do we really know what we want in a romantic partner? If so, do our desires actually mean we match up with people who suit them?
Humans churn out about 30 gigatons (30,000,000,000 tons) of material every year.
Plan S is starting to take hold, but the cost is merely shifting even more to the researchers.
A new look at existing data by LSU researchers refutes the Trump administration’s claims.
A U.S. government intelligence agency develops cutting-edge tech to predict future events.
Research shows that sparrows and other animals use plants to heal themselves.
Gain-of-function mutation research may help predict the next pandemic — or, critics argue, cause one.
A philosopher’s guide to detecting nonsense and getting around it.
The platform experiments with letting users decide what content needs flagging.
The history of the music industry parallels that of many industries and institutions in the U.S. Many, that is, except for education.
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Several experts have weighed in on our sometimes morbid curiosity and fascination with true crime.
Scientists are befuddled by where the shark gets most of its food.
The internet has given us the opportunity to stay informed better than ever. It’s also given us the ability to misinform ourselves — delude ourselves — beyond belief.
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You may be surprised at how your body and brain react to this type of pleasure.
A large-scale meta-analysis aims to disprove the notion that pornography consumption causes sexual aggression and violence.
Reading code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers.
The CDC’s latest youth risk survey houses some scary numbers but shows that evidence-based sex education is working.
Certain water beetles can escape from frogs after being consumed.
There’s no such thing as a miracle drug.
Every December, the Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak. Its 2021 show will be spectacular, but only if you do it right.
The first supernova ever discovered through its X-rays has an enormously powerful engine at its core. It’s unlike anything ever seen.
Dark matter must gravitate, so why couldn’t the graviton solve it? One of the most puzzling observations about the Universe is that there isn’t enough matter — at least, matter that we know […]
Emojis might contain more emotional information than meets the eye.
Breakthrough technology uses multiplexing entanglement to make an ultra-secure quantum internet.
In some countries, religiosity and pro-science attitudes are actually positively correlated, according to the results of a recent study.
With advanced laser technology and an appropriate sail, we could accelerate objects to ~20% the speed of light. But would they survive?