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multiverse
There is nothing more important to science than its ability to prove ideas wrong.
edgar allan poe
Like some cold poison creeping up our veins, there's a frisson in the stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe.
A red flag on top of a gray rock, with the right side dissolving into particles—like automatic habits breaking apart—set against a solid green background.
3mins
The US reduced smoking rates from 50% to 15% with a simple habit hack.
John Templeton Foundation
parallel universe
Humans who've lived through the same events often remember them differently. Could quantum physics be responsible?
Here's your gateway to enjoying the best of literature.
Mars
A new study of Martian dust gives insights into the ancient Martian climate. The findings hint at a wetter world.
At least 33 cities are sinking by more than 1 cm a year.
The plant-like sea creatures contain a molecule that improves memory, learning, and even hair quality, according to a new study in mice.
It has no moving parts and could allow us to tap into renewable energy year round.
Suppose that fetuses are persons. Since pregnant people are too, how should conflicts between them be settled?
Illustration of a black hole in space with a glowing accretion disk and a stream of stars or gas being pulled toward it.
According to renowned physicist Christophe Galfard, physics can’t explain our universe - yet.
John Templeton Foundation
The observable Universe is 92 billion light-years in diameter. These pictures put just how large that is in perspective.
cgi
Technologically, the answer is definitely no. But that doesn't mean CGI is always used to good effect.
what does pro-life mean
Regardless of political ideology, one of the few things that many people seem to have in common is a moral hypocrisy that arises from a fundamental lack of self-reflection.
Only 1% of corn grown is the U.S. is the type that people eat.
Are dreams, hallucinations, and near death experiences all connected?
superconductors
In a major advance, scientists have found a new and groundbreaking way to force electrons to flow only in one direction in a superconductor.