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Overwashing is bad for skin health, but many people do it anyway. One reason is that our brains intimately associate stink with disgust.

Awe is a powerful force, a fact that is both exciting and terrifying.

This technological feat changes our cosmic history.

As we gain new knowledge, our scientific picture of how the Universe works must evolve. This is a feature of the Big Bang, not a bug.

With such a vast Universe and raw ingredients that seem to be everywhere, could it really be possible that humanity is truly alone?

Human organs don’t always show up where doctors expect.

Today’s careers don’t offer a clear path forward, but the rewards can be worth more than a gold watch at retirement.

Life largely owes its existence to this equation. Be sure to hug your house plant today.

Most male mammals have little or nothing to do with their kids. Why is our own species different?

The Kalam cosmological argument asserts that everything that exists has a cause, and what caused the Universe? It’s got to be God.

Deep underwater, temperatures are close to freezing and the pressure is 1,000 times higher than at sea level.

As always, aDNA research raises as many questions as answers.

With a finite 13.8 billion years having passed since the Big Bang, there’s an edge to what we can see: the cosmic horizon. What’s it like?

Reduction is an approach that has been successful in science but is not itself synonymous with “science.”

The Knights Templar were not only skilled fighters, but also clever bankers who played a crucial role in the development of Europe’s financial systems.

Although most of the Universe’s mass is dark matter, which gravitates just as well as normal matter, it still can’t make black holes.

Some artifacts drown in shipwrecks, others are taken by the tide. Many others will vanish as a result of climate change and rising sea levels.

From the present day all the way to less than 400 million years after the Big Bang, we’re seeing how the Universe grew up like never before.

Coupled with 3D printing, biomining the Moon or Mars with microbes could sustain human colonies without constant re-supply from Earth.

Yes, “the laws of physics break down” at singularities. But something really weird must have happened for black holes to not possess them.

For relatives who live far apart, holiday rituals may be the glue that holds the family together.

A few years ago, the first dark matter-free galaxies were announced, and then immediately disputed. Now, there are too many to ignore.

It turns out it’s hard to make work at an Amazon warehouse fun.

Is the time crystal really an otherworldly revolution, leveraging quantum computing that will change physics forever?

People think that unhappiness causes our minds to wander, but what if the causation goes the other way?

Detective fiction reveals how a particular society or time period looks at crime and criminal justice.

This list of leadership training topics is designed to help businesses navigate the times and prepare for the future. 

The Netflix show about a Birmingham crime family and their personal demons concluded earlier this month. 

Ever wondered what oxytocin receptor proteins sound like?

The architecture and infrastructure found may well have required the greatest amount of skilled labor of any construction from the same time period in the entire continent.