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The cathedral is being explored as never before.
"Not my circus, not my monkeys."
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What makes some scientists culturally significant, while others remain in obscurity? Well, there’s a science to it.
Mercury, Venus, and Mars are all uni-plate planets, and may always have been. Here's what's known about why Earth, uniquely, has plate tectonics.
Parking lots are about one-fifth of all land in U.S. city centers, making them "easy to get to, but not worth arriving at."
It is easy to underestimate how much the world can change within a lifetime.
Arguments don’t have to be about winning or losing; they can help us build trust despite disagreeing.
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No one is teaching us how to be online. That’s a problem.
A blood test to diagnose mental illness is a "holy grail" of psychiatry.
To what extent will our psychological vulnerabilities shape our interactions with emerging technologies?
Brian C. Muraresku, New York Times best-selling author of "The Immortality Key," unpacks ancient evidence for the widespread ritual use of psychoactive plants.
Researchers discovered something modern humans had never before seen—a flashy Neanderthal horn collection.
We are about to learn a lot more about the most elusive of cosmic particles.
This is the latest study to confirm that the brain does not fully mature until at least the third decade of life.
High-conflict people are found in all walks of life. Learning how to identify them, and what to do next, can save you much emotional turmoil.
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Your sexual education was probably inadequate. Here’s the information you always needed.
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It has perhaps never been easier to feel as if you’ve fallen behind in life. From the anxieties of comparing yourself to others online to our fetishization of success, it […]
Lots of people have seen lots of bizarre events and phenomena that defy our conventional experience. But is there a scientific explanation?