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Two new studies shed light on who first inhabited the islands, who replaced them, and how few people lived there.
A deeper appreciation for science and less unnecessary spending could be in our future.
An excessive focus on past failures can make learning about new situtations more difficult.
After a wait of 397 years in orbit, we’re finally getting a truly ‘Great’ Conjunction. Recently, December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn finally met. Looking towards the southwest skies from […]
At the height of the first wave, many people took heart from the drop in air pollution resulting from global lockdowns.
New research shows that experiencing an opposite-sex body in virtual reality impacted the subject’s gender identity.
There’s no such thing as a miracle drug.
A study explores how your dog does when you’re not home.
It doesn’t propagate at infinite speeds, and that’s a problem for Newton. When you look at the Sun, the light you’re seeing isn’t the light that’s being emitted right now. Instead, […]
With just a few more neutron star mergers, we’ll have the best constraints of all-time. How fast is the Universe expanding? Ever since the expanding Universe was first discovered nearly […]
More evidence that we’re drowning in microplastic particles.
Scientists watch as mice mouse around an onscreen maze.
The federal government and private insurers greatly increased Americans’ telehealth access during the pandemic. Will these changes be permanent?
Three decades after the demise of the GDR, its familiar contours keep coming back from the dead.
While most of these deaths are driven by external factors, interventions can still help prevent them.
We have been rejecting science for far too long. We all need to embrace it. For as long as human civilization has existed, those societies that have embraced science have had […]
Perspective twisting books on biology, social science, medical science, cosmology, and tech.
Spoiler: Most people actually approved of their government’s approach.
Researchers from Harvard receive permission for a test that may help cool Earth and fight global warming.
And what can it teach us about our Solar System’s earliest days? In many ways, astronomy is unique among the sciences. In every other field, you have the ability to design […]
Quick! There’s a runaway train on the tracks. Some dastardly evildoer has knocked the driver out cold and tied five people to the tracks ahead. The train is barreling down […]
After the unrelenting negativity of 2020, we may need a refresher on the benefits of a positive affect.
Researchers from Norway discover that the Moon’s tides influence the release of methane from the ocean floor.
Jonathan Berman wants us to have better dialogues.
The Sun produces a wide variety of particles and radiation throughout it, but all of its neutrinos are produced in the core: where nuclear reactions take place. The various reactions […]
An archaeologist considers the history and biology of what defines a taste of home.
She’s the reason you’re able to work and chat from home.