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Belief in God and the afterlife increased, while belief in superstition decreased.
For years and over three separate experiments, "lepton universality" appeared to violate the Standard Model. LHCb at last proved otherwise.
Even lifelong technologists and AI researchers like myself were genuinely surprised by the speed and impact of generative AI.
Despite their brief history, computers and AI have fundamentally changed what we see, what we know, and what we do.
The media sells bad news, but scientific evidence shows that we are making progress toward a greener planet.
sanskrit
A Cambridge Ph.D. student has solved a grammatical problem that has befuddled Sanskrit scholars since the 5th century BC.
If aliens are driven mostly by biological imperatives, humanity could be in big trouble if we ever meet technologically advanced beings.
Geminids
You can lead an overconfident chatbot to expert knowledge, but can it actually learn and assimilate new information?
To prevent overloading the memory system, the brain may have a mechanism that tosses out certain types of memories.
It's spooky, and it's happening all around us. And inside us.
Philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues that we often don't truly want to obtain what we think we desire.
A man in a suit stands facing a mirror, but the reflection shows the back of his head instead of his face.
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If your inner voice is cruel, try these steps to reclaim your mind.
John Templeton Foundation
globular cluster terzan 5
2022 was a year full of scientific discoveries and the dawn of the JWST. But Hubble's still going after 32 years. Here's the amazing proof!
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Universe, explained by physicist Sean Carroll.
crispr mice
Merely 256 genetically engineered mice could make an island's pest population go extinct.
Once water gets more than about 200 feet deep, building on the sea floor is out of the question.
top science stories 2022
2022 was another busy year in the realm of science, with groundbreaking stories spanning space, materials, medicine, and technology.