A researcher explains a little-known niche within modern physics: animal collective behavior.
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The metaverse is inevitable because it is hardwired into our DNA.
Caffeine does something, but it’s not clear exactly what.
Maybe the brain isn’t “classical” after all.
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Realizing that matter and energy are quantized is important, but quantum particles aren’t the full story; quantum fields are needed, too.
“All moments past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist.”
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Historical analyses reveal that crises almost always yield surprising benefits.
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Leftover Cold War-era bunkers are still kept in a state of readiness to protect the population from nuclear war.
The word “turkey” can refer to everything from the bird itself to a populous Eurasian country to movie flops.
Vanadium dioxide is a strange material that “remembers” information and when it was stored. This is akin to biological memory.
It weakens the bacteria so that the immune system can destroy it.
Airports are like mini-cities: they have places of worship, policing, hotels, fine dining, shopping, and mass transit.
The findings contradict a widespread belief.
The potential new drug is in a class of its own, as it works differently than any other antidepressant on the market.
Metabolism and mitochondrial functioning seem to have far more to do with mental health than many people might expect.
The dating pool is small — no pun intended.
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The Universe is 13.8 billion years old, going back to the hot Big Bang. But was that truly the beginning, and is that truly its age?
It is humanity’s biggest step yet into the Solar System.