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A new “common-sense” approach to computer vision enables artificial intelligence that interprets scenes more accurately than other systems do.

Satire and an inflated sense of self-importance collide in a series of maps that goes back more than 100 years in American history.

If something is “true,” it needs to be shown to work in the real world.

With its very first deep-field view of the Universe now released, the James Webb Space Telescope has shown us our cosmos as never before.

‘Fast Optical Bursts’ will confound ground-based astronomy. As of 2021, planet Earth is currently experiencing the least pristine night sky in recorded history. Prior to the development of artificial lighting, […]

Some wild animals thrive near humans, but only up to a point.

A new study shows how poor children are negatively impacted neurologically.

Our Universe requires dark matter in order to make sense of things, astrophysically. Could massive photons do the trick?

His grandfather, a member of Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb team, foresaw the potential of nuclear energy to power cities — not destroy them.

Evidence shows that information is transmitted via “complex contagion.”

Children with pre-existing mental health issues thrived during the early phase of the pandemic.

After years of analysis, the Event Horizon Telescope team has finally revealed what the Milky Way’s central black hole looks like.

You don’t need to completely automate a job to fundamentally change it.

Now that it’s fully commissioned, the James Webb Space Telescope begins its exploration of the Universe. Here are its first science images!

The divers spend their waking hours either under hundreds of feet of water on the ocean floor or squeezed into an area the size of a restaurant booth.

Think of the nicest person you know. The person who would fit into any group configuration, who no one can dislike, or who makes a room warmer and happier just […]

Heard about the phenomenon of FNE, or ‘first night effect’?

Researchers devise a record-breaking laser transmission that avoids atmospheric interference.

Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.

From “shell shock” to “combat fatigue,” the wars of the past century have violently illuminated the power trauma can wield over the mind and body.

Research has shown the benefits of mindfulness, but the current mindfulness craze cannot deliver on its overhyped promises.

The EmDrive turns out to be the “um…” drive after all, as a new study dubs any previous encouraging EmDrive results “false positives.”

It’s like a little magnetic “nom, nom.”

Digitized logbooks from the 1800s reveal a steep decline in strike rate for whalers.

From Brahms to Tchaikovsky, here’s a curated list of composers whose music has shaped the classical canon.

All scientific theories, at some level, are wrong. That’s why consensus is so vital. There are two important and common words that, when used scientifically, have a very different meaning than […]

A small percentage of people who consume psychedelics experience strange lingering effects, sometimes years after they took the drug.

Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.

Insomnia is the product of mental or emotional pressure.

It’s not the caffeine; it’s the people.