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Evolution proves to be just about as ingenious as Nikola Tesla
The ethical debate over zoos is going to grow louder. There might be a solution that involves robots.
Hubble’s still going strong after 31+ years. James Webb will never make it that long. Every decision that’s made — in both astronomy and in life — comes with its own set of pros and […]
Tips from neuroscience and psychology can make you an expert thinker.
The Rijksmuseum employed an AI to repaint lost parts of Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch.” Here’s how they did it.
If something is “true,” it needs to be shown to work in the real world.
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Scientists do not know what is causing the overabundance of the gas.
It marks a breakthrough in using gene editing to treat diseases.
A new government report describes 144 sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena.
Gain-of-function mutation research may help predict the next pandemic — or, critics argue, cause one.
From “mutilated males” to “wandering wombs,” dodgy science affects how we view the female body still today.
People tend to reflexively assume that fun events – like vacations – will go by really quickly.
A global survey shows the majority of countries favor Android over iPhone.
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English is a dynamic language, and this summer’s new additions to dictionary.com tell us a lot about how we’re living.
Leap years will only get us through the next few thousand years before we have to fix it. With every year that passes, we assume that two separate things will both […]
Virtual reality continues to blur the line between the physical and the digital, and it will change our lives forever.
Strange underwater icicles form in the Earth’s coldest regions and freeze living organisms in place.
Ignoring a scientific truth doesn’t change it, even when the consequences are deadly. “If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it, too?” Many of us, as children, […]
A theoretical physicist returns to Penrose and Hameroff’s theory of “quantum consciousness.”
One single plot of data embodies the most profound thing we know about the stars.
Eight-eyed arachnids can tell when an object’s movement is not quite right.
By slowing down aging, we could reap trillions of dollars in economic benefits.
And why, even at its faintest, it always outshines every other star and planet. If you’ve been looking to the west after sunset recently, you may have noticed that there’s one […]
The same parts of the brain that help us navigate complex social interactions can also drive us to make wildly bad investments.
Smallpox was nothing new in 1721.
Some of these trends may be due, in part, to the lockdown.