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Is the dumpster in the alley worthy of a poem?
The prize went to three researchers who revolutionized the social sciences by taking advantage of natural experiments.
Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle.
With around 5,000 summertime residents, increased tourism, and a warming planet, it is becoming difficult to protect Antarctica from invasion.
Parasites aren’t limited to just worms and ticks. Even some plants like to feed off others — and they perhaps could help fight invasive species.
Biological age is a better health indicator than the number of years you’ve lived, but it’s tricky to measure.
Fire-breathing dragons may represent chaos and the human impulse to conquer that threat.
Scientists discover that under certain conditions two kinds of water exist.
Philosophers and scientists spent millennia arguing about the nature of light. It turned out to be stranger than anyone imagined.
Pando, which is Latin for “I spread,” is a single organism spanning some 106 acres.
Scientists at Washington University are patenting a new electrolyzer designed for frigid Martian water.
Our chart shows new additions since 1984 that have stuck around.
You can buy over 400,000 products tagged “witch” on Etsy, from candles to spell bottles to pentagram necklaces.
Psychologist Noel Brick shares the mental techniques we can use to improve our performance on and off the field.
The synthetic cartilage was made from cellulose fibers — the stuff found in wood — mixed with a goo called polyvinyl alcohol.
By the end of this decade, Seabed 2030 wants to produce accurate maps for the remaining 80 percent of the ocean floor.
Mesopotamian beer was not flavored with hops, and it was probably on the thick, porridgey side.
When the great American tradition of the road trip meets the great Jewish tradition of the deli, we get the Great American Deli Schlep.
Outfitted with wheels and rotors, the bot can morph from a land drone into a quadcopter in seconds.
Hubble revolutionized astronomy more than once. Here’s what we can expect from the James Webb Space Telescope.
The quantum world is one in which rules that are completely foreign to our everyday experience dictate bizarre behavior.
More than mindless bloodshed, the gladiatorial games were organized sports. Gladiators were treated as world-class athletes, receiving superior diets and medical care.
“I watched closely for the sun or stars to appear, to correct my chronometer, on the accuracy of which our lives and the success of the journey would depend.”
We don’t know what causes Miyake events, but these great surges of energy can help us understand the past — while posing a threat to our future.
Trees store carbon dioxide, have a cooling effect in cities, and reduce flood risks.
The word “turkey” can refer to everything from the bird itself to a populous Eurasian country to movie flops.
Anyone can have a bad day at work, but not everyone scores this high on narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism.
Metal really does sometimes stick to some people’s skin. Here’s the science of why. Every once in a while, a claim comes along that wildly challenges the mainstream scientific narrative. These […]