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Does what you believe in come from reason? Or just your community?
On May 4, 1970, the National Guard shot and killed four students during an anti-war protest. The massacre went on to change American culture forever.
Thankfully, there are ways to combat mental and physical fatigue, even in isolation.
A steady timing reference is required by one of the leading theories of neuronal communication.
A new hypothesis suggests that you can “catch” noncommunicable diseases from other people via the microbiome.
It could be the largest data leak of a Russian intelligence agency.
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New report shows the extent of China’s hidden power as the developing world’s creditor.
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New computing theory allows artificial intelligences to store memories.
Monuments are under attack in America. How far should we go in re-examining our history?
We’ve argued over ideology for far too long. It’s time to pick a better route to prosperity. In every civilized society around the world, there’s a trade-off that must be […]
Being kind to others positively impacts your physical and mental health, according to this groundbreaking research by Stanford professor Dr. James Doty.
TreeTalk finds rare arboreal treasures among London’s common foliage.
Within the next billion years, the Magellanic Clouds might merge with our galaxy. But the new stars are already here. Within the Milky Way, there are only a few instances of […]
When the supernova occurs, a whole slew of signals will arrive at once. But there’s one hint that could successfully warn us in advance. As Betelgeuse continues to vary in brightness […]
Conventional wisdom believes “screen time” disrupts mental development, but research hints at a more complicated relationship between our minds and digital technology.
A clean work space, plants, and putting on the right pants all make working from home easier, according to science.
Polls never reveal who we really are. Google does.
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Demanding appropriate levels of skepticism and scrutiny isn’t cruelty, but rather demonstrates scientific integrity and intellectual honesty. Every few months, a novel headline will fly across the world, claiming to […]
In 2006, the IAU demoted Pluto. Here’s what we know today. In 2006, the last planet in our Solar System suffered an unforgettable insult, as Pluto — known for generations as our ninth […]
The recent discovery highlights an alarming cybersecurity vulnerability in the health care industry.
And if the data is good enough, we can determine that it’s accelerating directly, too, silencing the last remaining doubters. If you want to understand what the Universe is made […]
In such states of creative divergent thinking, the body is aroused and the pupils become dilated.
If we waited long enough, would even protons themselves decay? There are certain things in the Universe that, if you leave them alone for long enough, they’ll eventually decay away. […]
When two black holes merge together, about 5% of their mass gets lost. Where does that information go? Do merging black holes lose information? They absolutely must, according to General […]
The new design could help the robot explore disaster zones and other dangerous environments.