“I was so moved when I saw the cells stir,” said 90-year-old study co-author Akira Iritani. “I’d been hoping for this for 20 years.”
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Delving into the psychology of an uncommon joy.
Though eggs are back on the menu, some are trying to rewrite the script.
The blood of horseshoe crabs is harvested on a massive scale in order to retrieve a cell critical to medical research. However, recent innovations might make this practice obsolete.
Discover the holistic and all-encompassing philosophies of the ancient East.
If you understand gravity well enough, you might not even need a telescope to revolutionize astronomy. In science, advances arise at the intersection of theory and real-world observation. One of […]
This is the first study to explore not only what percentage of people in the general population choose to watch videos of graphic real-life violence, but also why.
Victims are moral agents rather than moral patients.
America’s socialists owe a lot to one man, but what did he think about socialism?
Love to drop F-bombs? Thank the shift to agriculture.
In the face of seemingly unstoppable gun violence, Americans could stand to gain by looking to the Swiss.
Many of the world’s favorite records weren’t really recorded by the artist on the label.
Our egotism and self-confidence can sometimes spill-over to our loved ones.
At high tide each night, bright lights predict the underwater future.
Tracking project establishes northern Argentina is wintering ground of Swainson’s hawks
Killer robots. Alien invasions. Climate change. Josh Clark of Stuff You Should Know and the new podcast The End of the World thinks a lot these days about existential threats. Believe it or not, he’s optimistic.
Our future fate is likely already determined. If we end in a Big Crunch, what does that mean? The ultimate fate of the Universe is one of the biggest existential questions […]
Americans lost $116.9 billion gambling in 2016.
Yes, life exists in our Universe. No, that statement doesn’t equal science. Imagine you’ve encountered a natural phenomenon you want to understand better, but don’t have the tools to do so. […]
A recent study used MRIs to study the changes in brain activity when trained method actors responded to questions in and out of character.
The Canadian professor calls for personal responsibility over legislation.
It’s a strange situation. In many American workplaces, it’s the sexual predators we protect, not their victims, according to journalist and author Gretchen Carlson. Since her landmark 2016 lawsuit against Fox […]
The sea levels across New York are estimated to rise between 18 and 50 inches by 2100.
A bill in New York would let older kids get vaccinations against their parents’ wishes.
While the web of dark matter (purple) might seem to determine cosmic structure formation on its own, the feedback from normal matter (red) can severely impact galactic scales. Both dark […]
The coin depicts a black hole and one of the late physicist’s most important formulas.
Most people don’t just think the world should be run meritocratically, they think it is meritocratic.
Perpetual worry doesn’t have to be your default mindset.
Unwind the mind with these thought-provoking Alan Watts quotes.