The human brain makes a striking deviation from the normal building plan.
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Far from acting as the conduits of a benevolent deity, these religious leaders threw the teachings of their own church out of the window.
Until now, researchers believed davemaoite could never be found on Earth’s surface.
Missing link? More like the weakest link.
Why does hearing sad music feel so good?
Washington believed that particular Thanksgiving in 1789 was a crucial occasion.
Universal basic income can secure basic independence for citizens, something which modern states have failed to do, argues author Louise Haagh.
We should all pause to appreciate the awe-inspiring beauty of the Universe.
When we are more focused on the good things we enjoy in life, we have more to live for.
No matter how controversial or politicized our world becomes, science remains humanity’s best tool for figuring out how things work.
A chemist explains the real reason your family dinner is such a risky ordeal.
With the right management training program, organizations can empower leaders with the skills they need to succeed — giving everyone on the team a leg up.
Quantum mechanics + consciousness: There is nothing better than mixing two great mysteries to produce an even bigger one.
The internet has made it easier than ever to keep in touch with our exes. For people in relationships, that can cause problems.
The stars, planets, and many moons are extremely round. Why don’t they take other shapes?
The early colonists thought they were being pulled by God into a void left by plague.
This map of Hutterite colonies in North America says something about religion and evolution — and more precisely, speciation.
The modern antiracist movement is harming the very people it claims to help, according to the linguist John McWhorter.
The cause of Alzheimer’s is still not fully understood, but we might be able to vaccinate against it anyway.
Just 13.8 billion years after the hot Big Bang, we can see 46.1 billion light-years away in all directions. Doesn’t that violate…something?
From hellishly hot planets to water worlds, some distant planets are like nothing in our Solar System.
A recent study overviews the thinnest X-ray detector ever created.
Some of the most popular “anti-aging” diets show promise in rodent studies. But are they effective for humans?
Finding out we’re not alone in the Universe would fundamentally change everything. Here’s how we could do it.
“This will be one of the most important datasets since the mapping of the Human Genome.”
The Miller-Urey experiment showed that the building blocks of life could form in the primordial soup. But it overlooked one key variable.
Scientists want to use dream hacking devices to improve your creativity and memory.
Research shows that psilocybin leads people away from materialism and toward transcendentalism. Apparently, mushrooms teach metaphysics.
Scientific pluralism is the notion that some questions must be approached from many angles. How can we integrate these scientific models?
Using DNA from samples of extinct flowers, synthetic biologists managed to approximate long-lost floral scents.