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Research from Denmark finds that mindfulness and music help sustain attention.
It’s an incredibly useful approximation. But the truth takes us far deeper. Anyone who’s ever taken a physics course has learned the same myth for centuries now: that any object thrown, […]
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Through experiencing time in a nonlinear way, can artificial intelligence provide us more perspective?
Those who have experienced amputations often wonder what happened to their limb after surgery.
Learn how to cope with your stress by better understanding which stress personality type you are.
Strange bone circles made from mammoths revealed clues about how ancient communities survived Europe's last ice age.
As it turns out, people who can afford to fly all the time use more energy than anybody else.
Coronavirus infecting your pup is extremely unlikely, but there are some precautions you can take for your pets during the pandemic.
The ESO finds another exoplanet that's definitely not a place for us to go.
Half a billion people were infected.
Now is not the time to panic. But it’s the perfect time to get informed. The typical human body is made out of some 10²⁸ atoms distributed across approximately 100 […]
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Despite potential good intentions, interventionist policies are often viewed by classical liberals as violations of individual freedoms.
Institute for Humane Studies
What does your money personality say about how you save (and spend) money?
Researchers make breakthrough in studying traumatic long-term memory in flies.
The physicist was both a gentleman and scholar.
A mission is planned for just three weeks from now, but NASA has a plan.
The Alzheimer's Association says its new analysis and surveys "should sound an alarm regarding the future of dementia care in America."
Ever had trouble finding reason to get out of bed? Marcus Aurelius has some advice for you.
Should we build a more powerful collider? A telescope that probes the Universe as never before? Absolutely. Here’s why. Every time someone proposes that we invest in fundamental science — to push the […]
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We as a society need to rethink the way we value careers over everything else.