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The odds are slim, but the consequences would be devastating. Here's what would happen, plus how to avoid it.
The gaze of another person can make us conceive of our body as an object.
Movie soundtracks don't just help us recall the plot of a film; they also allow us to better understand its meaning.
Soviet researchers studied crime through a Marxist-Leninist lens. Under Lenin, a humanitarian approach to criminality briefly emerged, but dissipated when Stalin rose to power.
George Washington’s biggest battle? With his dentures, made from hippo ivory and maybe slaves’ teeth
Washington first took the oath of office of the president of the United States with just one natural tooth remaining.
Move over, IC 1101. You may be impressively large, but you never stood a chance against the largest known galaxy: Alcyoneus.
Was this a moment when humans interbred with Neanderthals?
What makes a face trustworthy, anyway?
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Poachers drove the Northern White Rhino to extinction. One scientist and her “frozen zoo” are on a mission to bring them back.
Psychologists often view relationship power imbalances through three unique dynamics.
Are you a striver or a pioneer?
About 150 million years ago, a long-necked sauropod came down with a respiratory infection. The rest is history...or is it?
Outfitted with wheels and rotors, the bot can morph from a land drone into a quadcopter in seconds.
Many animals practice what looks like self-medication. A new report suggests that chimps tend wounds with insects, often treating each other.
Choking under pressure seems to have deep evolutionary roots.
Men with one older brother are 12% more likely to enter a same-sex union than those with a sister.
Take a look at the Times Square Totem, the Trafalgar Square Pyramid, and other landmarks that were never built.
If the electromagnetic and weak forces unify to make the electroweak force, maybe, at even higher energies, something even greater happens?
The Kardashev scale ranks civilizations from Type 1 to Type 3 based on energy harvesting.