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This is no surprise to moms everywhere. Raise glass of wine for all of the caregivers out there! Cheers.
It is still true that far more men than women have leading roles in many organisations.
People have debated what justice is exactly for the last 3,000 years. How have our ideas changed in that time?
Even though couples tend to live healthier lifestyles, they put on extra weight. A new study offers potential clues why.
It’s time to bust one of the biggest myths about where the night sky’s most spectacular, seasonal shows come from. Meteor showers are one of the night sky’s most spectacular sights […]
What do Finland, bacon, and basketball have in common? They're all part of our new series, the Random Fact Roundup.
A new study published in Nature Neuroscience shows that stress changes the structure of mouse brains—in partners who did not experience stress.
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The ability to say what we want, when we want, is an important part of American democracy.
New research predicts the existence of completely different kind of stars.
Grad student blues are a thing.
Research with other species lends weight to these findings.
El Castillo, a pyramid in Mexico, was built in such a way that the “snake of sunlight” would slither down its steps at the dawning of each equinox, as the sun rose into the sky.
An innocuous sounding company, Strategic Communications Laboratories, was banned by Facebook. But the data the company mined was used by Trump's campaign to whip the electorate into political animosity.
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Writers need to understand their role in the storytelling process, says bestselling author Martin Amis.
The Plasmodium Consortium seeks to get answers to America’s problems from slime molds.
They seem almost indistinguishable in some regards, but only one of them represents our physical Universe. When it comes to describing the physical world, we can do it anecdotally, as […]
The United States has 5 per cent of the world’s population but 25 per cent of its prisoners. Right now, 2.2 million people are locked up across the country, and […]
"I would rather be ashes than dust!rnI would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow,rnthan a sleepy and permanent planet."rn — Jack London
A new study shows how increased coffee consumption interacts with the endocannabinoid system, which the body uses to process cannabinoids found in marijuana.
The myths of an inhospitable land. Imposter Syndrome. That feeling when one of your characters unexpectedly murders another. Literary mage Neil Gaiman on the dark arts of fiction and everyday life.