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TMS might also help those with anxiety, PTSD, and traumatic brain injury.
Research shows women are better positioned than men to resist the automation of work and possibly even benefit from it.
N.F.L. team owners signed an agreement on Wednesday that prohibits players from kneeling during the national anthem, but does allow them to stay inside locker rooms during ceremonies.
Even though 18,000 species are discovered and named each year we are still losing ground, writes the College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
The changes humans bring to the environment, like pollution or pesticides, is spiking cancer rates in animals, according to a new study.
Could social graphing be a way to find the ‘Holy Grail’ of successful movie writing?
How did Michael Jackson accomplish the famous antigravity tilt? Three neurosurgeons (and MJ fans) dissect the dynamics.
Motivation is a mysterious mechanism that varies from person to person. Duke University professor and behavioral economist Dan Ariely says that there’s a dissonance between what we think motivates people […]
If dark energy were stronger or weaker, everything would be pretty much the same. And that’s a puzzle. After the Big Bang, the Universe was full of matter and radiation. It […]
The dumb phone revolution is here, and people are joining.
It might not be a great idea to chug a whole box of Arm and Hammer, but a small daily dose could do wonders for keeping your autoimmune system in check.
The moral bankruptcy of the European Union, the backlash against Steven Pinker’s defense of progress, and where we go from here.
The FDA has approved the first drug designed to prevent migraines, a move that could help the four million Americans who suffer from at least 15 migraine days per month.
More and more companies are in the grip of a new phenomenon: “metric fixation.” Here’s what’s wrong with it.
“People should be free to walk down the street without being watched by the government.” — ACLU and a coalition of civil rights groups
Can artificial intelligence rival the animal kingdom? We compare the intelligence of four animals to current A.I. capabilities.
Germany has long harbored varying degrees of anti-Americanism, but a new survey suggests those sentiments have grown particularly strong.
Purpose and meaning are now more important than ever in the workplace. This is particularly the case with the rise of the millennial generation in the workforce.In some ways, it […]
The ingredients for life are everywhere, but so far the only life we know of comes from Earth. Here’s how that might change. Ever since human beings first turned our eyes […]
An anthropologist and a theologian walk into a room. The punchline is wise and wonderful.
No more secret submarines and moon bases. A new study puts to rest decades-old conspiracy theories and confirms how Adolf Hitler died.
The entire device is about the size of an ice chest, and the temperature it achieves will be 10 billion times colder than the vacuum of space.
Free meals turn out to be powerful incentives for prescribing opioids, according to a new letter published in JAMA.
Virtual reality is now approaching mainstream, but with so little research available it’s difficult to determine the dangers of VR for children.
A team of researchers at Cornell University has developed a revolutionary battery architecture that could someday increase storage capacity while cutting charge times to mere seconds.
One of the night sky’s most famous sights isn’t what it appears to be. Perhaps the most famous sight of a dying star is the Ring Nebula, known since 1779. The […]
A new study shows that teenagers are increasingly experimenting with marijuana before beer or cigarettes. Is that a good thing?
Cyberloafing — or, absent-mindedly browsing the internet — actually has a place in the workday according to this recently published study.
Today’s children and youth are very tech savvy and easily use tablets, laptops, and smartphones to access the Internet, play games and consume media. AR can put that on fast-forward.