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Why do scientists look down on philosophers? And are they right to do so?
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Digital disruptions have never been more intrusive, making concentration and focus more important than ever. Learning to say "no" to distractions has a good historical track record.
And you don’t even need a Delorean at 88 MPH. It’s one of the greatest tropes in movies, literature, and television shows: the idea that we could travel back in time […]
Here's the first evidence to challenge the "fastest sperm" narrative.
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It doesn't matter if negative stereotypes are false. They still do damage.
George Bernard Shaw quipped that a rich man ‘does not really care whether his money does good or not, provided he finds his conscience eased and his social status improved by giving it away’. Was he right?
An Ivy League education without the Ivy League price tag.
Duke University researchers found that stimulating brain regions dealing with abstract reasoning and cognitive flexibility alleviate anxiety and depression.
Here are four great brains from great minds, and how they differ from yours.
Every day, you and your coworkers make countless decisions and tackle numerous problems. We know that many of these decisions or problems are so tacit that we don’t even consider […]
It’s more than the Spore Drive, it’s about the heart of science fiction. If you’ve been following Star Trek: Discovery, you knew what we were headed for going into the mid-season […]
The first in-body gene-editing experiment has just begun.
Twenty-eight seasons ago, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon was introduced as the owner of Kwik E-Mart in The Simpsons. He quickly became one of the show’s main punching bags.
Caltech engineers create a stable ring of plasma in the air, a feat thought impossible.
Despite accusations of racial stereotyping, most Dutch cities and towns keep the traditional blackface version of 'Zwarte Piet'.
This research is helping scientists overcome a fundamental machine learning problem.
A new study links multiple sex partners and smoking to head and neck, or oropharyngeal, cancer.
Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to help stop the flow of plastics into our oceans.