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The artifacts were often made from found objects – an Ivory dish-soap bottle transformed into an earthenware figure.
A new study looks at how images of coffee’s origins affect the perception of its premiumness and quality.
The separation of conjoined twins is fraught with stomach-churning biomedical and ethical challenges.
The National Ignition Facility just repeated, and improved upon, their earlier demonstration of nuclear fusion. Now, the true race begins.
Advances in ancient DNA analysis gave researchers a new way to trace the movements of peoples across Eurasia.
Skilled hunters adapted to the changing landscape and left tantalizing clues to who they were.
Progress got derailed somewhere between indoor plumbing and the flying car. Why?
There are so many problems, all across planet Earth, that harm and threaten humanity. Why invest in researching the Universe?
The zebras were originally part of a newspaper tycoon’s private zoo. Now they roam the San Simeon grasslands, growing in numbers.
It started with a 22-year-old woman, named in papers only as Mrs McK.
There is one obstacle that reliably blocks innovative ideas: how we fund science.
Any dataset that can be quantified over time can be turned into a contest that is both exciting and (a little bit) enlightening.
“Superjobs” – roles that integrate human and machine skills – will require careful consideration.
Using the Book of Mormon as a sacred but ambiguous atlas, the Latter-day Saints have been looking for the lost city of Zarahemla for decades.
Rock art in northern Australia depicts marsupial lions, giant kangaroos, and other megafauna that populated the Land Down Under long ago.
The very word “quantum” makes people’s imaginations run wild. But chances are you’ve fallen for at least one of these myths.
Modern applications of Stoicism show up in unexpected places, from the latest techniques in psychotherapy to texts on Christian theology.
A report from MIT outlines a six-point plan to usher in a new age of nuclear power.
Deepfakes featuring your digital double could replace emails and zoom presentations.
In “Off the Edge”, journalist Kelly Weill dives down the strange rabbit hole of the flat-Earther community.
Meditation can put you in a wiser relationship with life.
No planet enters retrograde more frequently than Mercury, which does so 3-4 times each year. Here’s the scientific explanation for why.
Easily distracted? Try a “distractibility delay.”
A new AI lie detector can dive into their hidden thoughts and reveal “what language models truly believe about the world.”
Bernini created art for 8 different popes. In the process, he helped reinforce and redefine Christianity’s visual culture.
Business leaders know they must prepare for technological upheavals in the years ahead. But keeping up-to-date on new technologies—to say nothing of understanding their complexities and forecasting those shifts—is an […]
Over 50 years since humans last walked on the Moon, astronaut footprints and rover tracks are still visible. But they won’t last forever.
Wearable technology can help increase lifespan by changing what we know about our dietary needs and creating new ways to exercise.