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The brain is highly plastic — the more we do a particular action, the more we change its makeup. Money is a great motivator for habit-forming actions.
Cable news has a bigger effect, study finds.
Mixed messages and competing interests have left college students feeling lost and stressed.
Is science absolute? Its truths and discoveries guide us toward the nature of reality, but we must always remain open-minded to revisions.
Online learning has become the new normal, but it isn’t without its challenges.
Many people lived long enough to grow old in the olden days, too.
But don’t buy your own brain zapping machine, yet.
Hubble revolutionized astronomy more than once. Here’s what we can expect from the James Webb Space Telescope.
As we gain new knowledge, our scientific picture of how the Universe works must evolve. This is a feature of the Big Bang, not a bug.
Thanks to genetics and improving nutrition, denizens of the Western Balkans have surpassed the Dutch in height.
People who rate themselves as highly knowledgeable about cats are more likely to interact with cats in ways they don’t like.
Bloodcurdling war cries, shrieking elephants, and whistling arrows all made soldiers flee in terror.
The antibodies elicited by the “S2 vaccine” not only neutralize COVID’s multiple strains but also coronaviruses that cause the common cold.
We will become billions of people who share a single vast intellect.
Einstein’s “happiest thought” led to General Relativity’s formulation. Would a different profound insight have led us forever astray?
From 260-year-old ciphers to the most recent Zodiac Killer solution, these unbreakable codes just needed time.
Spicy foods are enjoyed the world over, but scientists don’t know why people partake in culinary masochism.
What’s the point of all that money?
When you wish upon a star, it probably makes a difference who you are.
Anyone up for a crisp, blonde ale?
As we look to larger cosmic scales, we get a broader view of the expansive cosmic forest, eventually revealing the grandest views of all.
A common weed uses uncommon types of photosynthesis.
More than mindless bloodshed, the gladiatorial games were organized sports. Gladiators were treated as world-class athletes, receiving superior diets and medical care.
Here’s how to appreciate them from a distance.
Argentina’s black market for cash is embracing crypto — but it’s not what crypto proponents expected.
Our model of the Universe, dominated by dark matter and dark energy, explains almost everything we see. Almost. Here’s what remains.
“When you see me, weep.” When rivers dry up in Central Europe, “hunger stones” with ominous inscribed warnings from centuries past reappear.
What are they and, more importantly, how do you get rid of them?