New study suggests chronic sleep-deprivation causes overactivity in the brain’s self-cleaning mechanism, leading to the destruction of healthy cells.
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NASA’s Earth observing missions aren’t the only casualty. Arguably, eliminating education is even more egregious. “First Rate People hire first rate people. Second rate people hire third rate people.” –Hermann […]
NASA announces the details of its mission to the sun, set to launch in 2018.
Hitler appeared to have been highly sensitive to disgust, and research shows this trait is linked to numerous dimensions of ideology.
Some scientists posit that our brains are actually quantum computers.
A new study from the Netherlands shows a direct link between exercise and anxiety disorder and depression.
When Shoshana Johnson decided to join the military, her intention wasn’t to make history.
It’s not the ice that turns Greenland white, but the lack of data
Did you guess ‘resonance’? Guess again. “At least six lamp posts were snapped off while I watched. A few minutes later, I saw a side girder bulge out. But, though the […]
A recent study shows that migrant workers in the U.K. are three times less likely to be absent from work than their native counterparts.
The gluten free trend is growing. Does the science behind it hold up?
NASA space probes discovered a protective barrier created by human communication technology.
Poachers, hunters, and collectors are targeting animals on the endangered species list for their rarity.
A pair of Kickstarter enthusiasts, want to make coloring even more fun for you by merging Cards Against Humanity with the ‘boring’ crayon to make it… politically incorrect.
Art is a key source of wisdom (it’s effects can be powerfully mind-altering). Here are some examples from Shakespeare (from Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library).
The oddest star known in the galaxy is dimming again, and this time it might give up some of its secrets! “As far as I can tell, every telescope that can […]
If you want to be a memory champion, this test is a good way to get started. Then maybe we can get a start on curing Alzheimer’s.
A new study discovers why whales grew to be the largest animals on our planet.
After 13.8 billion years, we just might know all the rest to come Have you ever wondered how the Universe will end? In the far future, everything that we know, see, […]
Even if free will doesn’t exist, some say we should allow a belief in it to remain.
A physicist has an experiment to see if the mind operates on a quantum level.
If even black holes won’t last forever, what will happen when the last one goes? “My discovery that black holes emit radiation raised serious problems of consistency with the rest of […]
Researchers find the drug least likely to send you to emergency room.
Advertisers say they help with ADHD, anxiety, stress, and autism. But what do studies suggest?
Time-management tips from someone who should know how to reduce your cognitive load: a neuroscientist.
Our future as humans might be great. Or non-existent. Is our government, or Silicon Valley, prepared to handle the consequences of advancing AI?
If the LHC can’t produce new fundamental particles, the collisions coming from it still a chance to teach us something incredible. “It was quite the most incredible event that has […]
A process which occurs in all mammals may be to blame.
Poaching is acting as unnatural selection in favoring tuskless African elephants.
A new study suggests that sensitivity to the emotion of disgust affects one’s attitudes on immigration.