For many, 2020 will not be remembered as a “best of” much. We don’t need to repeat the reasons here; it’s sufficient to point out that a 100-year pandemic was […]
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A U.S. government intelligence agency develops cutting-edge tech to predict future events.
Telescopes from the ground are bigger, but have to fight the atmosphere. Here’s how to win. In astronomy, seeing farther and fainter than ever before requires three simultaneous approaches. First light, […]
AutoML-Zero is a proof-of-concept project that suggests the future of machine learning may be machine-created algorithms.
Two types of thinking have a time-sharing deal going on in your brain.
Mosquitoes can taste your blood using unique sensory abilities. Can we use that to keep them off us?
Understanding cognitive development and stress in children can add context to systems of education.
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‘Dorozoku’ map crowd-sources the whereabouts of noisy kids in Japan – but who’s being anti-social here, exactly?
There are two fundamentally different ways of measuring the Universe’s expansion. They disagree. “Early dark energy” might save us.
A new study on brain differences between sexes sparks a persistent question.
These are the top advances in technology that will impact the world in the coming decade.
A new theory suggests that dreams’ illogical logic has an important purpose.
I’m not saying it’s not aliens, but it’s not aliens. When it comes to life in the Universe, we still have no definitive answer to the biggest question of all, “are […]
The AI remembers that you are 32 years old and like to eat sushi, except on Thursdays.
A new study finds evidence of an important neural speech pathway in macaques.
Alzheimer’s has proved difficult to treat. But solving the mystery of this ultra-rare frontotemporal dementia may unlock new understanding.
Mathematicians studied 100 billion tweets to help computer algorithms better understand our colloquial digital communication.
Even in the most exotic scenario imaginable, they still can’t remain stable in the Earth’s interior. It’s well known among scientists that if you submit even the most nonsensical paper […]
The key? A computational flattening algorithm.
A simple postcard can improve voter registration rates. Who knew?
Even without the greatest individual scientist of all, every one of his great scientific advances would still have occurred. Eventually.
Workaholism is perhaps the most socially accepted addiction, but a new paper shines light on the serious health risks that accompany it along with which occupations are most at risk.
Students who think the world is just cheat less, but they need to experience justice to feel that way.
While the benefits of music therapy are well known, more in-depth research explores how music benefits children with autism.
In order, they go: hydrogen, helium, oxygen, carbon, neon, nitrogen, magnesium, silicon, iron, sulfur. Here’s how we made them. Everything found on planet Earth is composed of the same ingredients: atoms. […]
Targeting a signaling pathway in mice helped them retain muscle and bone mass aboard the International Space Station, according to a new study.
A new study collected 500 data points per second. Handwriting won out.
Wide Angle Motion Imagery (WAMI) is a surveillance game-changer. And it’s here.
German researchers have just solved the mystery of how these substances work.
For northern hemisphere skywatchers, it might just be the century’s best comet so far. Every once in a while, large, icy objects pass through the inner Solar System. C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) […]