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The unfamiliar landscape of America’s medical past is marked by bizarre incidents, forgotten breakthroughs and selfless sacrifice.
The Chumash people poked bits of psychoactive plants into cave ceilings next to their paintings.
They’re not just a theoretical prediction of quantum gravity. They should be detectable, too. The Universe, if you look at it closely and carefully enough, is fundamentally quantum in nature. […]
How to deal with “epistemic exhaustion.”
A strange object found in the desert has prompted worldwide speculation.
In our Universe, a left hand reflected in a mirror or pond appears to be a right hand. While most of the laws of nature are symmetric under reflections, obeying […]
Australian researchers figure out a new way to apply extreme pressure and squeeze out diamonds.
MRI scans show that hunger and loneliness cause cravings in the same area, which suggests socialization is a need.
Researchers document the first example of evolutionary changes in a plant in response to humans.
Researchers make the case for “deep evidential regression.”
With three colors and three anticolors, there aren’t actually nine gluons; only eight. One of the most puzzling features of the Universe is the strong nuclear force. Inside every proton or […]
Can passenger airships make a triumphantly ‘green’ comeback?
Vegans and vegetarians often have nutrient deficiencies and lower BMI, which can increase the risk of fractures.
Never made a turkey before? Don’t worry, science can help.
Often viewed as a theoretical, calculational tool only, the Lamb Shift proved their existence. If you spend enough time listening to theoretical physicists, it starts to sound like there are […]
These tiny fish are helping scientists understand how the human brain processes sound.
Radical thinker Rutger Bregman paints a new, more beautiful portrait of humanity.
The heart of the religious ritual is mysticism, argues Brian Muraresku in “The Immortality Key.”
And if it does strike us, how much damage will it cause? Will near-Earth asteroid Apophis strike us in 2068? Generically, asteroids under ~1 km in size are irregularly shaped, will […]
Scientists discover that under certain conditions two kinds of water exist.
We haven’t discovered life beyond our Solar System yet, but we’re closer than ever before. Over the past 30 years, we’ve gone from zero exoplanets to thousands. With each new […]
Researchers from Israel reversed two key processes involved in aging.
A new method is able to create realistic models of the human heart, which could vastly improve how surgeons train for complex procedures.
Underperforming, the U.S. comes in only 157th out of 196 in global triangularity ranking.
A mineral made in a Kamchatka volcano may hold the answer to cheaper batteries, find scientists.
Of course, it’s all about where you move. The authors argue that it needs to be less populous regions.
Entropy always increases, but that doesn’t mean it was zero to start with. One of the most inviolable laws in the Universe is the second law of thermodynamics: that in any […]
It’s never too late to learn a new language. Just don’t count on speaking French like a Parisian.
Zircons in a Martian meteorite widens the possible timeframe for life on Mars.