Graphical user interfaces are how most of us interact with computers, from iPhones to laptops. But they were once condemned as making students lazy and destroying the art of writing.
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Though a single measurement is not enough to definitively decide the debate, this is a major win for dark matter proponents.
It’s time to let go of those emails from your cousin and the photos of your dinner.
From making their own swabs to staying in constant communication across the board, Northwell Health dove headfirst into uncharted waters to take on the virus and save lives.
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There are a few possible solutions to the problem of interstellar travel, but they largely remain within the realm of science fiction.
In order to figure out how English might evolve in the future, we have to look at how it has changed in the near and distant past.
Technology designed to listen for atomic bombs can also hear tornadoes.
The pandemic and the Great Resignation fed into a perfect storm of inflation — and some restaurateurs cleaned up.
In logic, ‘reductio ad absurdum’ shows how flawed arguments fall apart. Our absurd Universe, however, often defies our intuitive reasoning.
Whether in Russia or China, the secret police are defined by their unquestioning loyalty — as well as by their poor career prospects.
Science will lead us to a universal morality and a cosmic religion.
Europa may be difficult to access. But if a recent study is correct, its subsurface ocean would be more accessible than previously thought.
Some classic books, like Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” remain controversial to this day.
This small-scale study may have uncovered a new link between the peripheral nerve system and autism.
The same (former) NASA engineer who previously claimed to violate Newton’s laws is now claiming to have made a warp bubble. He didn’t.
A century ago, electric cars were common. The fact that they were almost entirely replaced due to the internal combustion engine is a testament to the glacial pace of battery breakthroughs.
Non-Western thought is vast and ancient, so why don’t some consider it philosophy?
Could the prevalence of flood myths around the world tell us something about early human migration or even the way our brains work?
Theoretically, we know what happened on the red planet. Here’s how we’ll find out whether we’re right. When it comes to the worlds beyond Earth in our Solar System, it’s only […]
Fittingly, the skull was found in the Rising Star cave of South Africa, itself located at a site known to UNESCO as the Cradle of Mankind.
In some Asian countries, what’s in your blood may influence your social status.
Who’s afraid of utopia? AI doubters have cold feet. History can warm them.
Many impact craters on Earth have been erased thanks to wind, water, and plate tectonics. But scientists have clever ways to find them.
The questions about which massive structures to build, and where, are actually very hard to answer. Infrastructure is always about the future: It takes years to construct, and lasts for years beyond that.
Disulfiram is an FDA-approved drug for the treatment of chronic alcoholism. It might also serve as anti-anxiety medication.
There are almost no standards governing the cannabis industry. Your favorite weed strain may contain unpleasant surprises.
Are the stellar remnants in our cosmic backyard actually our parents and grandparents?
Successful constructive criticism is as much about mindset as methods.
Some Europeans really don’t want to use the internet.