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Outside Europe, much of the world followed an assortment of rules and understandings about what time meant.
"Brasilia, the biggest paper town ever."
Most elderly individuals' brains degrade over time, but some match — or even outperform — younger individuals on cognitive tests.
Forensic cartography 101: Explain what Brasilia is doing on this map of 1920s South America.
Exploring the idea that objects we perceive in everyday life do not reflect objective reality.
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Could procrastination actually be a form of self-protection?
A steady timing reference is required by one of the leading theories of neuronal communication.
Light controls your body clock. Hack it to get better sleep.
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A mind-bending physics theory may explain why we have one reality instead of many.
Stargazing is a form of time travel.
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Stargazing is a form of time travel.
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If philosophers don't try to mesh their long-held views with new scientific insights, then we have a problem.
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We don't perceive time in an objective fashion; instead, the brain interprets time in a complex and amorphous way.
NASA JPL takes a first step toward a GPS for space.
"Bottom line: It's probably best to set your alarm for a specific time and get up then."
On the eve of receiving the Templeton Prize, Marcelo Gleiser reflects on his life.
If you don't want to know anything about your death, consider this your spoiler warning.
TV's shared cultural “now" moments embody the intersection of time and tech.
Don't start investing in flux capacitors just yet, though.
Light exists outside of time.
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It's almost time to 'spring forward.'
Over 100 new pages of Einstein's writings, including long-lost calculations, have been made public.
The present? Blink and you'll miss it. And other musings on time.
A study on the effects of LSD microdosing shows some fittingly strange results.
Feel like traveling to another dimension? Better choose your black hole wisely.
From 4 billion miles away, it says a lot about the meaning of time.
Why one Italian bank is counting on wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano as collateral.
Two new papers say everything we knew about black holes was wrong.