The center of the galaxy is mostly obscure in visible light. But thanks to the world’s most powerful infrared telescope, we can see inside. Throughout history, the sight of the Milky […]
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Cognitive psychologist Donald Hoffman hypothesizes we evolved to experience a collective delusion — not objective reality.
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To prevent torturous experiments on organoids, some are calling for clearer definitions of consciousness.
Gig workers suffer from low pay, wage theft, precariousness, dangerous working conditions, and discrimination.
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From STEM kits to fashion dolls, these creations all came from the minds of female inventors and designers.
The NICER experiment, designed to measure neutron stars as never before, just released their first pulsar map, and it’s amazing. After typical supernovae, remnant collapsed cores of matter are left behind. […]
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Can we ever be really sure we’ve learned everything about nature?
Dark matter’s naysayers latched onto one tiny puzzle. This new find may have solved it completely. Imagine the largest cosmic smashup you can. Take the largest gravitationally bound structures we […]
An experimental study involving 90 heavy drinkers found promising results.
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