The science fiction dream of a traversable wormhole is no closer to reality, despite a quantum computer's suggestive simulation.
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After the unrelenting negativity of 2020, we may need a refresher on the benefits of a positive affect.
The sudden prevalence of an artery in the forearm is evidence that we're still very much a work in progress.
If it wasn’t a singularity, how small could it have been? Today, when you look out in any direction as far as the laws of physics allow us to see, the […]
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The body uses its own electricity to repair wounds. Faster healing may be possible with additional electrical stimulation.
A Harvard astronomer went to the bottom of the ocean, claiming he recovered alien technology. But what does the science actually indicate?
Augustine's theology came to define Christianity, but there was a rival theology.
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The attack on the Capitol forces us to confront an existential question about privacy.
New ideas inevitably face opposition. A new book called "The Human Element" argues that overcoming opposition requires understanding the concepts of "Fuel" and "Friction."
It might seem like science and faith are at war, but the two have a historical synergy that extends back in time for centuries.
Mammals have a history stretching back 325 million years. To study that ancient history is to know our own origins.
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Godfrey Hounsfield’s early life did not suggest that he would accomplish much at all.
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Jean Paul Sartre summed up the existentialist idea of "bad faith" through a waiter who acted a bit too much like a waiter.
For every proton, there were over a billion others that annihilated away with an antimatter counterpart. So where did all that energy go?
If Rome was not built in a day, why do you think you can be?
No matter what physical system we consider, nature always obeys the same fundamental laws. Must it be this way, and if so, why?
A 2020 study revived a longstanding controversy over Christopher Columbus' claims of marauding cannibals in the Caribbean.
How can researchers map something as complex as the human brain?
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