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And what do we still have left to learn? The original idea of a black hole goes all the way back to 1783, when Cambridge scientist John Michell recognized that a […]
Researchers hope the technology will further our understanding of the brain, but lawmakers may not be ready for the ethical challenges.
Believe it or not, for a few decades, giving people "milk transfusions" was all the rage.
Upstreamism advocate Rishi Manchanda calls us to understand health not as a "personal responsibility" but a "common good."
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Digitally recording historical sites could serve as insurance in the case of disaster.
The first image of an Event Horizon is here. Here’s what it means. Variety isn’t just the spice of life, but a natural consequence of living in our Universe. Gravitation, obeying […]
Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, is a programmer. When he got the idea to begin posting free online classes, he was able to get the basic infrastructure in place […]
The map shows the movements of seven different wolves over the course of a season.
The calorie is the basic unit of measure of food — and it might be off.
The lives behind a few key inventors.
Philosopher Alan Watts thoughts on the the all-pervading presence of nature.
We’ve never seen an image of a black hole’s event horizon before. Here’s what we’re expecting, based on what we already know. For hundreds of years, physicists have hypothesized that the […]
Might microdosing LSD and psilocybin be a safe, effective way to treat depression and other disorders?
Can you make solar power work when the sun goes down? You can, and Dubai is about to run a city that way.
New research at Carnegie Mellon University suggests a game of musical chairs.
Vitamins do work — when eaten in whole foods, not pills.