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"There’s no more central message of psychology than the fact that most of what goes on in our heads we have no access to."
A new study shows how children who face difficult times grow up to be anxious adults. Luckily, there's something we all can do.
Exploring and mapping the Universe? A great plan. But the math of spending billions on asteroid deflection doesn’t add up. “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the […]
Roll over, Picasso, and tell Kandinsky the news.
A new study says people who worry are better prepared than those who don't — but that's not the whole story.
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The "Food Lab" author runs through several examples of kitchen conventional wisdom that aren't really steeped in wisdom.
In principle, they could, of course. But around bizarre star KIC 8462852? Probably not. “The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own is […]
Climate change doesn't have the emotional characteristics that make it truly deep-in-your-heart scary. Leaders will have to act anyway.
NASA data from the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICES) indicates that there have been "mass gains from snow accumulation" that "exceeded discharge losses" from the thinning glaciers.
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The Ethiopian lawyer and women's rights activist discusses the matter-of-fact way too many patriarchal men treat rape.
Hotelling's law, a principle from game theory explains the tendency for industries to set up shop right next door to their closest competitor.
They won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, but their legacy’s just beginning. “I know all about neutrinos, and my friend here knows about everything else in astrophysics.” -John Bahcall, […]
It was a dark and stormy night when a car accident was prevented by very cool technology.
A new study shows people who use sarcasm have increased creativity, but are the benefits contagious?
In cities where defunct industry caused a population exodus, officials may be competing for immigrants.
Whatever the cause or the reason for the presence of fungus in Alzheimer’s patients, it highlights the notion that we know less than we think about fungi.
An energy duel begins.
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William wants to have kids someday. William has cystic fibrosis, an inheritable disease. How should he approach this dilemma?
We build tools, and those tools determine, construct, and guide our lives. Should we welcome the assistance that artificially intelligent machines provide?