When we feel sick, it’s not just the pathogen to blame. Our brain cranks up the temperature, and the neurons responsible finally have been found.
When Cameroon’s Lakes Monoun and Nyos exploded, they released clouds of carbon dioxide that suffocated everything in its wake.
If your computer crashes, it might be due to a star that exploded somewhere in the Universe millions of years ago.
What creates our private, inner universes is still a mystery.
If you can model anything in the Universe with an equation, mathematics is how you get the solution(s). Physics must go a step further.
From questionable shipwrecks to outright attacks, the Sentinelese clearly don’t want to be bothered.
The minimum wage is a popular policy, but it’s not the only way governments have tried to help workers secure a decent living.
Quantum mechanics forces us to toss out the old, reliable ways in which we make sense of our everyday reality.
From black holes to dark energy to chances for life in the Universe, our cosmic journey to understand it all is just getting started.
Managers who are able to identify and understand dark salespeople can manipulate them to benefit the company. What could be more Machiavellian than that?
The Rubbee X requires almost no setup and is far cheaper than a brand new e-bike.
Pro-athletes are entertainers. Being healthy means something else.
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Looking at ourselves in a mirror — or on a video call — shapes our sense of self. But what you see is not what others see.
The synthetic cartilage was made from cellulose fibers — the stuff found in wood — mixed with a goo called polyvinyl alcohol.
Be famous within five miles.
We’re overthinking being nice.
Why should anyone care about the metaverse? Expert Matthew Ball explains what it is, what it isn’t, and why it matters.
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No. No no no. Just… no. The JWST has truly blown our scientific minds, but it’s a pure crackpot idea that the Big Bang is now disproven.
Unexpected images of galaxies from the James Webb Space Telescope do not disprove the Big Bang. There are other likelier explanations.
Could anyone still meet the Theoretical Minimum?
The brain is highly plastic — the more we do a particular action, the more we change its makeup. Money is a great motivator for habit-forming actions.
Mixed messages and competing interests have left college students feeling lost and stressed.
Is science absolute? Its truths and discoveries guide us toward the nature of reality, but we must always remain open-minded to revisions.
But don’t buy your own brain zapping machine, yet.
Hubble revolutionized astronomy more than once. Here’s what we can expect from the James Webb Space Telescope.
As we gain new knowledge, our scientific picture of how the Universe works must evolve. This is a feature of the Big Bang, not a bug.
Thanks to genetics and improving nutrition, denizens of the Western Balkans have surpassed the Dutch in height.