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A new study shows that some men’s reaction to sex is not what you’d expect, resulting in a condition previously observed in women.
A new approach to fighting the opioid crisis involves sending letters to doctors after their patients overdose on prescription drugs.
This is an extremely rare find; only three similar fossils have been found in the world.
The Swift-Tuttle comet is the source of the lovely Perseid meteor shower each August. It’s also getting closer and closer, making it “the single most dangerous object known to humanity.”
The time has come for Space Force, Vice President Pence told an audience at the Pentagon on Thursday.
Just ten rivers are responsible for up to 95% of all river-borne plastic trash that ends up in the sea. Silver lining: cleaning them up would have a huge positive impact.
In Egypt, comedy can be a matter of life and death. But life in America’s no cakewalk either. Political satirist Bassem Youssef on reinventing yourself, crossing cultural lines, and the future of space exploration.
A “new” Roman library has been found in Germany. What might it have had in it?
The story of John Couch Adams, “the man who failed to discover Neptune,” and his cosmic redemption. Perhaps its human nature to want to only think positive thoughts about our […]
The Academy is trying to win back viewers with a reboot, one that brings a new ‘popular film’ category, a shorter broadcast time and an earlier date to the annual ceremony.
Psychologists have found that, while we tend to judge our own vulnerability more harshly, we perceive vulnerability in others as courage.
Being an American president is a powerful but dangerous job, a fact shown by many assassination attempts.
The Parker Solar Probe is the first time a spacecraft will ever get this close to the sun.
Plant cognitive ecologist Monica Gagliano talks about the challenges facing serious scientific research into plant intelligence.
New York City passed legislation that caps new licenses for drivers with companies like Uber and Lyft in an effort to stop the erosion of the taxi industry and to study the effects the ride-sharing industry has on the city’s economy and traffic congestion.
The vast emptiness of space isn’t really so empty: It’s filled with space goop made of greasy carbon molecules.
“We don’t have to worry about some evil dictator A.I. because we are the A.I. collectively. That seems like the best outcome I can think of,” says Elon Musk.
When most people think about improving workplace health, they think of green cleaning methods or washing their hands before eating. However, another aspect of health and wellness in the workplace […]
Three great things all align this August, making the Perseids a can’t-miss show. Here’s how to take advantage. When it comes to meteor showers, we have these dazzling pictures in […]
America’s corn syrup fields are big enough to cover all its airports and railroads, and other surprising lessons from a ‘tidied-up’ map of America’s land use zones
Global warming, the MMR vaccine, UFOs, and more are in the spotlight so far. But will it work?
In his new book, Nick Chater writes that what we see is what we get.
With the tegu’s successful occupation of Florida’s ecosystems, a new study predicts that this invasive species could potentially spread across the southern U.S. and into Mexico. But these voracious lizards are just another incident in our devastating history of invasive species.
While the gender gap is narrowing, women still do seven hours more housework per week than men (and that doesn’t include the child-caring).
China has for years been using robotic doves—drones that look and fly like real birds—to surveil the skies over its provinces, marking one of the most peculiar parts of the nation’s widespread civilian surveillance program.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk shocked the markets on Tuesday with a series of tweets outlining the mercurial entrepreneur’s desire to take the company private.
How worried should we be about bacteria with an alcohol tolerance? Be afraid, be very afraid.
Ken Segall, the former creative director of advertising at Apple, Inc., says that “there is no such thing as simplicity; there is only the perception of simplicity.” In this video, […]
One moment, every particle in the Universe was massless. Then, they weren’t anymore. Here’s how it happened. In the earliest stages of the hot Big Bang, the Universe was filled […]