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“The Expanse” is the best vision I’ve ever seen of a space-faring future that may be just a few generations away.
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If everything eventually dies and decays, is there a way to prolong the inevitable? Our Universe, as it exists today, puts us in an incredibly privileged position. Had we come […]
Contrary to what some might think, the brain is a very plastic organ.
By 2050, there may be more plastic than fish in the sea.
Trained dogs can detect cancer and other diseases by smell. Could a device do the same?
Their goal is a digital model of the Earth that depicts climate change in all of its complexity.
Remedies must honor the complex social dynamics of adolescence.
What makes something a hit or a flop? Sit and ponder that one, and you’ll find it’s a stumper. At first, the answer seems obvious: popularity. That’s not quite right […]
A black woman most have never heard of made GPS possible. Over the span of a single lifetime, the world has changed in ways that would have been virtually unimaginable […]
In May 2018, the city of Paris set an ambition to be carbon-neutral by 2050.
The results could help NASA’s Perseverance rover find evidence of ancient life on Mars.
While not the first such minister, the loneliness epidemic in Japan will make this one the hardest working.
MIT professor Azra Akšamija creates works of cultural resilience in the face of social conflict.
Do they really need the human touch?
After 20 months, scientists find lab-dish brain cells matured at a similar rate to those of an actual infant.
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Scientists are using bioelectronic medicine to treat inflammatory diseases, an approach that capitalizes on the ancient “hardwiring” of the nervous system.
The definitive answer requires better, unbiased data. Despite all the advances that have occurred in human history, one extraordinary puzzle still remains right in our own backyard: we aren’t sure how […]
Surprising as it may seem, we are all very good at denial. Negation, however, is a different phenomena.
A tourist generally has an eye for the things that have become almost invisible to the resident.
New studies show that some people can hear and respond to questions while dreaming.
A large new study puts caffeine-drinking moms on alert.
And Dr. Jill Tarter never once lost her composure.
Can playing video games really curb the risk of depression? Experts weigh in.
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Legendary cartoonist John Groth’s pictorial map captures LA’s film factories in their Golden Age.
This female-founded brand made Forbes 30 Under 30 list this year for its diverse, authentic, and affordable stock photography.
If you think it’s just three quarks held together by gluons, you’ll want to read this. At a fundamental level, the Universe is composed of indivisible particles. From macroscopic scales down […]