The state of global democracy is relatively strong — but there are clear signs of recent erosion.
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Ev Fedorenko’s Interesting Brains Project highlights the human brain’s remarkable capacity to adapt, reorganize in the face of early damage.
This is your brain on work.
The zero-point energy of empty space is not zero. Even with all the physics we know, we have no idea how to calculate what it ought to be.
“Of course, the spleen is the biggest organ in the body.”
Take a trip through these master-crafted fantasy societies and ask yourself: Could I actually live there?
“Painfully forced” is how one contemporary critic described Fitzgerald’s writing style.
3D-printing robots are being used to build a 100-home housing development in the US state of Texas.
Extreme home environments — either very supportive or harshly negligent — tend to produce more sensitive kids.
What kind of object will you form? What will its fate be? How long will a star live? Almost everything is determined by mass alone.
The Apple Watch could soon take the pain out of monitoring blood sugar levels.
Archaeologists turn to other scientific fields to fill in the picture of how victims lived and why they died.
An innovation’s value is found between the technophile’s promises and the Luddite’s doomsday scenarios.
A non-invasive method for looking inside structures is solving mysteries about the ancient pyramid.
New research shows psychedelics activate receptors inside brain cells that other compounds, like serotonin, cannot.
The soft robotic models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual.
Studies suggest that meditation can quiet the restless brain.
Scientists are still figuring out why tirzepatide causes weight loss. One theory is that they “accidentally” created a new hormone.
The strange bronze artifact perplexed scholars for more than a century, including how it traveled so far from home.
“We are biologically programmed to have empathy. It’s something we can’t suppress.”
What the hell is “re-engineering business value creation systems” anyway?
If stars don’t go supernova at first, they can get a second chance after becoming a white dwarf. But can their companions survive?
Mindfulness may be especially useful for gaining more control of your impulses to spend.
The road to intelligent life is a series of hard steps.
Only humans can voluntarily conjure new objects and events in our minds.
The Church of England is debating if believers should stop using gendered language when talking about God.
As improving biotech offers us longevity, we can prepare to live much better as we age.
In our Solar System, even the two brightest planets frequently align in our skies. But only rarely is it spectacularly visible from Earth.
Lonely humans will become infatuated with AI-fabricated personas.