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Children with pre-existing mental health issues thrived during the early phase of the pandemic.
The EmDrive turns out to be the "um..." drive after all, as a new study dubs any previous encouraging EmDrive results "false positives."
Researchers in Singapore invented a novel device that may help the island nation illuminate its growing underground infrastructure.
Sometimes the value of soft skills feels almost secretive—like some scrap of knowledge handed down through an ancient society of corporate recruiters. Of course, that’s not the case or that’s […]
We need more and better data to know, but that’s exactly what’s coming. Over the past few decades, a number of important advances have helped revolutionize our picture of the Universe. […]
We're cautiously optimistic about our new findings.
Our brains make snap moral decisions in mere seconds.
Researchers find that the coffee pulp is valuable in its own right.
New studies find the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov is the most "pristine" ever discovered.
Only 17 years after its discovery have we learned we’re safe from asteroid Apophis. Ever since its 2004 discovery, asteroid 99942 Apophis has threatened planet Earth. Asteroid Apophis has been measured […]
Snakes and mammals share common genetic building blocks necessary for producing venom.
Physics demands that it couldn’t be any other way. Here’s why. Ask anyone — even someone with no background in science — to name something that Einstein did, and odds are they’ll come back with […]
When we look at the night sky, we may see junk instead of stars.
Hunter-gatherers probably had more spare time than you.
The Field Medal was created to elevate promising mathematicians from underrepresented demographics. But has it followed through on that goal?
We can't ask them, so scientists have devised an experiment.
A new study provides a possible scientific explanation for the existence of stories about ancient saints performing miracles with water.
It’s the early 20th century, and you are the captain of a ship. A barquentine specifically—three masts and a coal-burning steam engine in her belly. She’s a sturdy and capable […]
When you measure not just light, but light’s polarization, you learn so much more. It’s been over 100 years since the first solution for a black hole was discovered in General […]