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The key to its success lies not in its understanding of technology, but in its understanding of human nature.
Here’s what recent DESI measurements suggest — and why it’s too early to update conventional predictions about the Universe’s distant future.
“The only options left were experimental approaches in clinical trials.”
A new control system, demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real-time.
People naturally judge fact from fiction in offline social settings, so why is it so hard online?
Anesthesia causes animals and humans to lose consciousness. A study found it has a similar effect on Venus flytraps.
The odds are slim, but the consequences would be devastating. Here’s what would happen, plus how to avoid it.
Communication among cetaceans, like whales and dolphins, looks especially promising.
Quality down time is important for relationships. Here are three practical suggestions to create more of it.
Neuroscience research suggests it might be time to rethink our ideas about when exactly a child becomes an adult.
Now that it’s fully commissioned, the James Webb Space Telescope begins its exploration of the Universe. Here are its first science images!
It is all too easy for humans to fall into the cognitive trap of thinking that an entity that can use language fluently is sentient or intelligent.
The hyperloop would be a great idea for a completely flat planet. With topography and infrastructure, it’s a very different story.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
For human-centered leadership to achieve a “tipping point,” people, productivity, and profits must be aligned.
When people pick the greatest scientist of all-time, Newton and Einstein always come up. Perhaps they should name Johannes Kepler, instead.
The asteroid is expected to come within 140,000 miles of Earth — well inside the moon’s orbit.
In today’s political climate, how can we come together and seek some common ground or understanding? What are the mechanics of doing that? Is there some script or set of […]
More than any other equation in physics, E = mc² is recognizable and profound. But what do we actually learn about reality from it?
A recent experiment challenges the leading dark matter theory and hints at new directions for uncovering one of the Universe’s biggest mysteries.
Josh Kaufman — best-selling author of entrepreneurial classic “The Personal MBA” — explores an essential truth about all decision-making.
“The brain is never the same from one moment to the next throughout life. Never ever.”
Kids’ underdeveloped brains seem to help them acquire new languages with little effort.
Often viewed as a purely theoretical, calculational tool only, direct observation of the Lamb Shift proved their very real existence.
In an age of high quit rates, struggling low-wage employees, and tone-deaf leadership, the call for “good jobs” makes great sense.
The automated McDonald’s has a staff comparable to other stores. But the crew members are all focused on making and packaging orders instead of delivering them.
The vaccine provided protection for mouse and ferret models.