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There really might be extraterrestrials out there, attempting to make contact. Here’s how science, not fiction, is attempting to find them.
Solving difficult visual puzzles seems to help the brain “rewire” itself by forming new neural pathways.
Benjamin Breen on his greatest revelations while writing about the birth of psychedelic science.
Do we actually live in a deterministic Universe, despite quantum physics? An alternative, non-spooky interpretation has now been ruled out.
It’s the paradoxical observation that the more we try to process, the less we actually can.
The false assumption the Multiverse relies on is that something which exists requires an explanation.
It might be good for your memory.
Scientists are working to map out the risks of the permafrost thaw, which could expose millions of people to the invisible cancer-causing gas.
For the fewer than 50 people with this blood type, finding a blood transfusion could be extremely difficult.
The Shirky Principle states that “institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.”
Adrie Kusserow, an anthropologist and scholar of Buddhism, shares how her study of the religion and its history has reshaped her view of the world — and herself.
With the right prompts, large language models can produce quality writing — and make us question the limits of human creativity.
Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.
In 1920, astronomers debated the nature of the Universe. The results were meaningless until years later, when the key evidence arrived.
The richness and variety of America’s food landscape, in a buffet of maps.
If you want to understand the Universe, cosmologically, you just can’t do it without the Friedmann equation. With it, the cosmos is yours.
Some think the reason fundamental scientific revolutions are so rare is because of groupthink. It’s not; it’s hard to mess with success.
Was the terror of Biscayne Bay a man who escaped slavery, an African chieftain, or a marketing ploy that went viral?
The Google-owned company developed a system that can reliably predict the 3D shapes of proteins.
Ignoring the legacy of William Shakespeare is difficult for any writer, let alone one as quintessentially English as “Lord of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien.
Learning and development leaders can play a key role in fostering inclusion in the workplace, improving creativity and innovation in the process.
Engagement with generative AI is a business essential — but all companies should be vigilant.
When you don’t have enough clues to bring your detective story to a close, you should expect that your educated guesses will all be wrong.
Smashing things together at unprecedented energies sounds dangerous. But it’s nothing the Universe hasn’t already seen, and survived.
The problem with today’s AI isn’t it thinking for itself; it’s the tech telling humans whatever we want to hear.
It’s simple to make, easy to use, and should work against any variant.
Nuclear fusion has long been seen as the future of energy. As the NIF now passes the breakeven point, how close are we to our ultimate goal?
Quantum physics is starting to show up in unexpected places. Indeed, it is at work in animals, plants, and our own bodies.
Nicole has been dating someone for a while but it’s not working out from her point of view. Is sudden radio silence an ethical option?