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Stockholm has been called a “unicorn factory” for its success with new businesses. A unique connection with sports philosophy helps explain why.

Although human beings arrived on Earth just ~300,000 years ago, we’ve transformed the entire planet completely. Here’s how we did it.

In a study involving mice, scientists used two different techniques — one optogenetic and one pharmacologic — to recover “lost” memories.

Scientists turn to nature to improve a ubiquitous building material.

Physicist Don Lincoln explains why mathematics is a powerful tool for scientific modeling, but is not a science itself.

The old certainties of “business as usual” have been crushed by disruption — here’s a strategy for resilience.

More than 90 percent of people make a mistake on this test.

Is mathematics woven into the very fabric of reality? Or is it merely a product of the human mind?

Playing the long game in Japan is about creating something so enduring that it becomes timeless.

Our model of the Universe, dominated by dark matter and dark energy, explains almost everything we see. Almost. Here’s what remains.

The laws of physics don’t prefer matter over antimatter. So how can we be certain that distant stars & galaxies aren’t made of antimatter?

Fossil Cycad National Monument held America’s richest deposit of petrified cycadeoid plants, until it didn’t.

You can only create or destroy matter by creating or destroying equal amounts of antimatter. So how did we become a matter-rich Universe?

The perfectly accessible, perfectly knowable Universe of classical physics is gone forever, no matter what interpretation you choose.

Population growth is driven by three changes: Fertility, mortality, and migration.

Researchers use fluid dynamics to spot artificial imposter voices.

Perhaps the most remarkable fact about the Universe is simply that it, and everything in it, exists. But what’s the reason why?

A simple semantic device — invented by a forgotten senator — can help us break “the curse of knowledge.”

In many ways, we are still novices playing with toy models seeking to understand the stars. 

Psychotherapist Israa Nasir explains how a “value-aligned life” can help us crush our goals — without being crushed by the need to accomplish more.

It’s safe to use your face cream, as long as you aren’t eating it.

An army of replicators belonging to national laboratories, research universities, and amateur garages is rushing to replicate ambient superconductivity in LK-99.

With the invention of the leap year, the Julian calendar was used worldwide for over 1500 years. Over time, it led only to catastrophe.

The genes responsible for facial features may also influence behavior.

On the largest scales, galaxies don’t simply clump together, but form superclusters. Too bad they don’t remain bound together.

Finding a tiny planet around bright stars dozens or hundreds of light-years from Earth is extremely difficult.

From gene expression to protein design, large language models are creating a suite of powerful genomic tools.

As we look to larger cosmic scales, we get a broader view of the expansive cosmic forest, eventually revealing the grandest views of all.

Amyloid plaque can build up in body organs other than the brain. The resulting diseases — AL amyloidosis, ATTR amyloidosis and more — cause much suffering.

See the world through the eyes of a horse — or a cake pan.