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Device for harnessing terahertz radiation might enable self-powering implants, cellphones, other portable electronics.
How do we make sense of an inflection point as we're living it? How do we build more resilience into ourselves and our systems moving forward? In this interactive session, […]
Creators of the popular protein-folding game, Foldit, are seeking help to design a treatment for COVID-19.
Researchers documented the most common negative side effects of smoking weed, and who might be most susceptible.
Video meetings on the popular platform don't seem to offer end-to-end encryption as advertised.
The response to the pandemic illustrates five actions we can take to address the global climate change crisis.
How disrupted supply chains and angry sellers could hurt the e-commerce giant.
The combination of charge conjugation, parity, and time-reversal symmetry is known as CPT. And it must never be broken. Ever. The ultimate goal of physics is to accurately describe, as precisely […]
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The ability to interact peacefully and voluntarily provides individuals a better quality of life.
Institute for Humane Studies
Nostalgia is also proven to decrease loneliness and increase resiliency.
Taking time for thoughtful consideration has fallen out of fashion, writes Emily Chamlee-Wright. How can we restore good faith and good judgement to our increasingly polarized conversations?
Institute for Humane Studies
We've known this virus was coming. We just didn't do anything about it.
What factors explain the gender pay gap?
'The Broad and Narrow Way' helped 19th-century preachers explain the consequences of virtue and vice.
Hawking radiation should really be happening, but black holes are farther from decaying than ever before. Black holes are, in many ways, the most extreme objects that will ever exist in […]
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The rules have changed, and so have we.
Researchers observed "inter-brain coherence" (IBC) — a synchronisation in brain activity — between a musician and the audience.
Understanding the math behind social distancing.
Sometimes the best way to make changes is when you're in the middle of a challenging time.
New research on ankle exoskeletons show promising results.