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The impact of giving up is exactly the same as the impact of denying climate change.
Healing from a break-up should be taken as seriously as healing from a broken arm, says psychiatrist Dr. Guy Winch.
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Can technology act as a feedback loop for human emotions?
Numerous drugs designed to treat diabetes, arthritis, and other conditions may actually have secret anti-cancer properties as well.
There are three answers depending on what you consider the “edge,” but only two of them are known. If you were to go as far out into space as you can […]
The outer edges of a black hole might be "fuzzy" instead of neat and smooth.
Being a specialist used to be the way forward, but the future belongs to people who can adapt to any given scenario on a dime.
Australia's beloved and bizarre egg-laying mammal could start vanishing in coming years if current trends continue.
A new hypothesis suggests that you can "catch" noncommunicable diseases from other people via the microbiome.
Philosophy professor James Sterba revives a very old argument.
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The membership economy is upending how businesses are structured and how they deliver value to customers.
If dark matter is fundamentally different from the normal matter we know, there should be a way to test it. Here are the results. Dark matter — despite the enormous indirect evidence for […]
Job applicants now have to contend with the growing use of artificial intelligence in hiring decisions.
Competition in STEM subjects left students feeling like imposters.
Helsinki is the city with the best work-life balance in the world.
Social media posts that evoke strong kama muta often go viral – for example, cute kittens, puppies and special animal friendships.
The intelligent life we are searching for doesn't have to be humanoid.
The New Yorker-based comedy team on never exercising or going outside, and so much more.
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When it comes to foreign intervention, we often overlook the practices that creep into life back home.