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The world is aging, and with age comes vision decline. New research may have found how to improve eyesight in an accessible way.
Wealth concentration among elites was common in ancient nations, but the scale on which it took place in Egypt’s 18th Dynasty was unprecedented.
40% of today’s students work full time while another 40% are over the age of 25. Here’s how to change higher education to fit today’s students.
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Despite the Sun’s high core temperatures, atomic nuclei repel each other too strongly to fuse together. Good thing for quantum physics!
Frontier, the ORNL supercomputer, used machine learning to perform 9.95 quintillion calculations per second.
“Language is the most distinctively human talent.”
Looking up at the night sky gives us a glimpse of the Universe beyond our terrestrial concerns. Here’s what’s out there.
Most schools use a semester system, but a new study suggests that they should switch to quarters.
Should social media platforms have the right to decide what speech to allow online? Should the government?
Best-selling author Todd Rose reveals how most Americans share common aspirations for the country.
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Memory, responsibility, and mental maturity have long been difficult to describe objectively, but neuroscientists are starting to detect patterns. Coming soon to a courtroom near you?
If our Universe were born a little differently, there wouldn’t have been any planets, stars, galaxies, or chemically interesting reactions.
While weltschmerz — literally “world-pain” — may be unpleasant, it can also spur us to change things for the better.
How did the troughs form?
By creating a type O kidney, they hope to make more organs available for transplant.
Using image analysis tools developed for astronomy, researchers are predicting cancer therapy responses.
Neural imaging has shown that the brain has “decided” what we’re going to do before we make a conscious choice — but is this even relevant to free will?
Pluto failed to meet the definition of a planet, but some astronomers think there might be a legitimate Planet 9 out there.
From fearless quitting to redefined values, “Virtual Natives” are reinventing work culture.
There’s a limit to how large planets can be, and it’s only about double the radius of Jupiter. At least, so far.
Plants at room temperature show properties we had only seen near absolute zero.
Whether you’re a leader looking to ramp up team output or just trying to improve your skill set, hard work alone is not enough.
“I was part of the surgical team that conducted the first pig-to-human heart transplant in a living patient.”
Before anesthetics, some patients would die of the pain on the operating table.
A conversation with an advanced alien species is likely to be simple and to take 1,000 years. It might also be dangerous.
The American author said he attempted to bring scientific thinking to literary criticism, but received “very little gratitude for this.”
The minimum wage is a popular policy, but it’s not the only way governments have tried to help workers secure a decent living.