Pseudoscience is science’s shadow.
But does Amazon know when you’re tired or hungry?
Will nature or nurture win out?
Did traditional Chinese thought pave the way for the philosophy of Maoism?
Habit-forming rituals are subconsciously controlling your life. Here’s how to master them.
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In all of human history, only 5 spacecraft have had the right trajectory to exit the Solar System. Will they ever catch Voyager 1?
Data from the Zhurong rover suggests the Red Planet was wet more recently than we thought.
Searching for truth in unorthodox ways can be a valuable exercise. But Anatoly Fomenko’s alternate world history is just plain weird.
The site will be the first working example of a geological disposal facility.
Shame is a powerful tool that must be used with care.
Geopolitics is not a magic 8-ball. But making financial decisions — such as those regarding retirement — in a multipolar world without geopolitics is akin to flying blind in a storm.
Signals from the environment, such as those detected by your sense organs, have no inherent psychological meaning. Your brain creates the meaning.
Crystallization is an entirely random process, so scientists have developed clever ways to investigate it at a molecular level.
“I believe our society’s gotten to the point where you can’t question. You can’t provoke. You just have to adhere to consensus.”
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The high pitches from the flute and the harp would reach your ears before the notes from the tuba and the cello.
Everything is made of matter, not antimatter, including black holes. If antimatter black holes existed, what would they do?
When faced with too many choices, many of us freeze — a phenomenon known as “analysis paralysis.” Why? Isn’t choice a good thing?
In 100 years, perhaps this map showing humanity clustering around the equator will seem “so 21st century.”
Do the laws of physics place a hard limit on how far technology can advance, or can we re-write those laws?
The sky is blue. The oceans are blue. While science can explain them both, the reasons for each are entirely different.
“A cheap loan is beyond all new destiny.” Does that mean anything to you?
Science has come a long way since Mary Shelley penned “Frankenstein.” But we still grapple with the same questions.
Company culture is always evolving — sometimes for the worse.
Are physicists about to decode a mysterious field of science that could have huge implications for your health?
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At four million solar masses, the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole is quite small for a galaxy its size. Did we lose the original?
An experiment in rats suggests that gene editing may be a treatment for anxiety and alcoholism in adults who were exposed to binge-drinking in their adolescence.
To the ancient Greeks, exotic animals were proof of mythological creatures. To the ancient Romans, they were oddities and adversaries.
A recent advance in 3D imaging techniques helped spark the biggest ever discovery of North American cave art.
Time isn’t the same for everyone, even on Earth. Flying around the world gave Einstein the ultimate test. No one is immune from relativity.
Cold War meets Star Wars in this cut-away of a 1950 “rubber bubble,” the first line of defense against nuclear sneak attack.