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EBT-101 is not the only candidate for an HIV cure. Stem cell transplants, medications, and other CRISPR therapies are being researched.
The history of music from bone flutes to Beyoncé.
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How much can something change and still be the same thing?
90’s kids know him from All That, Kenan & Kel, and Good Burger. This is Kel Mitchell, who sat down with us to share how he persevered through some of the hardest moments of his life.
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When caught between the urge for wholesale change and fear of stasis, the best approach is to take it easy.
It was supposed to have a 5.5-10 year lifetime, and take 6 months to calibrate. It’s performing better than anyone anticipated.
There are plenty of life-friendly stellar systems in the Universe today. But at some point in the far future, life’s final extinction will occur.
In the shadow of the Shard, the mosaics help paint a picture of Roman London.
Environmental progress is happening quickly but we must keep pushing for change.
Scientists still aren’t sure how they perform without those restorative Z’s.
Ever since the Big Bang, cataclysmic events have released enormous amounts of energy. Here’s the greatest one ever witnessed.
A study involving nearly 2,000 people found links between personality traits and the likelihood of moving toward or away from dementia.
We are still new at this.
From tulips to Bitcoin, bubbles have been given a bad rap as destroyers of dreams — but they’re essential for our brightest future. Here’s why.
Futurist Ari Wallach asks, “how do we want to be remembered?”
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He co-created one of TV’s funniest shows. He still felt like a failure in his 30s. This is comedian Neal Brennan’s story about conquering toxic self-talk.
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It could cut the time needed to reach Mars in half.
“Our risk-benefit analysis showed that benefits exceeded procedural risks… by up to 200 to 1.”
The Universe is precisely dated at 13.8 billion years old, but astronomers claim the Methuselah star is 14.5 billion years old. What gives?
Personal finance advice is often over-simplified and fails to consider economic research or people’s unique circumstances.
Six authors, six monumental legacies, and a unique thread connecting them: a solitary novel that shines brightly.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Instead of walking a mile in someone’s shoes, try reading a chapter in their book.
People with higher immune resilience live longer, resist diseases, and are more likely to survive diseases when they do develop.
Bang bang all over the Universe.
It will be able to produce 22 million pounds of cultivated meat annually.
From a hot, dense, uniform state in its earliest moments, our entire known Universe arose. These unavoidable steps made it all possible.
Steel tires may be better for the planet and could replace rubber.
Having a “buff” skeleton prevents infirmity in old age.