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We are more likely to agree with someone who also agrees with us. Young children, though, only trust themselves. We have to learn to trust.
William Shatner is going to space because Jeff Bezos loves Star Trek.
There is one obstacle that reliably blocks innovative ideas: how we fund science.
Smoke taint from wildfires is gross, even to wine amateurs.
All matter particles can act as waves, and massless light waves show particle-like behavior. Can gravitational waves also be particle-like?
“It doesn’t erase what happened to you. It just changes the impact it has on your life.”
The Universe is expanding, and the Hubble constant tells us how fast. But how can it be a constant if the expansion is accelerating?
Fifty years of research on children’s toy preferences shows that kids generally prefer toys oriented toward their own gender.
A competency framework is a way to align individual performance with organizational goals. Read on to learn how.
How many tins of beans make a stockpile, and when does a basement become a bunker?
The year 2020 will go down in history as one that shook our inner and outer worlds.
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Skilled hunters adapted to the changing landscape and left tantalizing clues to who they were.
Quite a lot, actually, even though it has no identifiable value as a scientific concept.
In special relativity, the statement that two events happened at the same time is meaningless.
Role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons offer a valuable insight: Life is about shifting labels.
Gamma-ray bursts are among the most energetic cosmic events of all. On October 9, 2022, a remarkable one occurred: the brightest ever seen.
One hypothesis: “gossip traps.”
Research shows self-ratings of personality traits like diligence are generally more accurate than ratings from others.
All religions have totems, rites, and taboos that are considered “sacred.” Émile Durkheim believed society is largely underpinned by them.
Or you might just be a Leo.
No matter what physical system we consider, nature always obeys the same fundamental laws. Must it be this way, and if so, why?
Ready to see the future? Nanotronics CEO Matthew Putman talks innovation and the solutions that are within reach.
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Finding it at all was a happy accident. Examining it further may help unlock the secrets hiding within the earliest galaxies of all.
What do communist dictators Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong have in common with U.S. Presidents like John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan? Hint: It’s the same thing they have in […]
Figuring out the answer involved a prism, a pail of water, and a 50 year effort by the most famous father-son astronomer duo ever.
Glueballs are an unusual, unconfirmed Standard Model prediction, suggesting bound states of gluons alone exist. We just found our first one.
A study finds prescription medications and dangerous unlisted ingredients in ordinary supplements.
Non-Western thought is vast and ancient, so why don’t some consider it philosophy?