The road from Kant to modern cognitive psychology has taught us much about our mental filtering systems.
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Sometimes called “the new gold,” sand is the second most exploited natural resource in the world after fresh water.
Meet the people paid to rouse the workers of industrial Britain.
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This new geologic activity could be part of a thousand-year cycle, ushering in a new era of volcanism on the island.
Archaeologists have identified what may be Europe’s oldest human-made megastructure.
Scientists don’t understand why the correlation exists.
The length of a day oscillates slightly every six years. This was a surprising discovery made last decade. We might now know why.
Hackers are in an arms race with cyber defenders. Will AI tip the balance?
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Particles are everywhere, including particles from space that stream through the human body. Here’s how they prove Einstein’s relativity.
The Uros of Lake Titicaca live on floating islands made from reeds. How did they get there?
Letting nature’s expert engineers lead the way.
There is strong evidence that invertebrates are sentient beings.
Humanity is poised to pass the 8 billion milestone mid-November, but population growth is actually slowing down.
Meet your new flying nightmare: Thapunngaka shawi.
New research suggests they may be in the connections between your brain cells.
“In that conversation with Laozi’s text, I began to see the shape of my own life, the questions that opened seams, the patterns that pooled and shimmered.”
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Baby mice can regenerate damaged hair cells — and now that we know how they do it, maybe we can, too.
A food fight may finally be put to rest.
In all mammals, there are two brain pathways for processing information from the eyes: an evolutionarily ancient one and a more modern one.
Raw food, paleo, gluten-free, detox, and ketogenic: All of these diet fads withered when subjected to scientific scrutiny.
A marine reptile fossil from Svalbard challenges ideas about evolution and Earth’s greatest mass extinction.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a medieval airship!
More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. Diet is an important, under-recognized culprit.
Inspired by the shape of a New Caledonian crow’s beak, researchers created a new 3D-printed prototype of tweezers.
The annual rite of passage has always been more about the ambivalence of adults than the amusement of children.