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A new study from the Netherlands shows a direct link between exercise and anxiety disorder and depression.
When Shoshana Johnson decided to join the military, her intention wasn’t to make history.
It's not the ice that turns Greenland white, but the lack of data
Did you guess ‘resonance’? Guess again. “At least six lamp posts were snapped off while I watched. A few minutes later, I saw a side girder bulge out. But, though the […]
A recent study shows that migrant workers in the U.K. are three times less likely to be absent from work than their native counterparts.
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Communication is more than a string of words that gets across static information. The language we use to converse does more than give facts—it can actually offer understanding.
The gluten free trend is growing. Does the science behind it hold up?
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Is the idea of “choice” real or is choice just an idea in our heads? Are our brains inventing our own answers before we’ve even thought them through? The answer might surprise you.
NASA space probes discovered a protective barrier created by human communication technology.
Poachers, hunters, and collectors are targeting animals on the endangered species list for their rarity.
A pair of Kickstarter enthusiasts, want to make coloring even more fun for you by merging Cards Against Humanity with the 'boring' crayon to make it... politically incorrect.
Art is a key source of wisdom (it's effects can be powerfully mind-altering). Here are some examples from Shakespeare (from Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library).
The oddest star known in the galaxy is dimming again, and this time it might give up some of its secrets! “As far as I can tell, every telescope that can […]
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Mirriam Webster’s Kory Stamper explains just how words end up making the jump from the popular vernacular to the dictionary.
If you want to be a memory champion, this test is a good way to get started. Then maybe we can get a start on curing Alzheimer's.
A new study discovers why whales grew to be the largest animals on our planet.
After 13.8 billion years, we just might know all the rest to come Have you ever wondered how the Universe will end? In the far future, everything that we know, see, […]
Even if free will doesn’t exist, some say we should allow a belief in it to remain.
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There’s a good chance that as you’re reading this you’re somewhat unconscious. Just how much is your brain not telling you? Neuroscientist Dean Buonomano peeks behind the curtain of your own brain.
A physicist has an experiment to see if the mind operates on a quantum level.