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navy dolphins
Imagine Flipper trained in the art of espionage.
belief
Belief is not just about God or ghosts.
Are there any advantages to looking so cumbersome?
Because there's not enough Walden pond to go around.
digital hoarding
It's time to let go of those emails from your cousin and the photos of your dinner.
apollo 8 earthrise
The last 70 years have taken us farther than the previous 70,000. But can we accomplish more than creating a record saying, "We were here?"
When we feel sick, it's not just the pathogen to blame. Our brain cranks up the temperature, and the neurons responsible finally have been found.
Limnic eruption
When Cameroon's Lakes Monoun and Nyos exploded, they released clouds of carbon dioxide that suffocated everything in its wake.
Before anesthetics, some patients would die of the pain on the operating table.
If your computer crashes, it might be due to a star that exploded somewhere in the Universe millions of years ago.
consciousness
What creates our private, inner universes is still a mystery.
universe rotating
If you can model anything in the Universe with an equation, mathematics is how you get the solution(s). Physics must go a step further.
From questionable shipwrecks to outright attacks, the Sentinelese clearly don't want to be bothered.
The minimum wage is a popular policy, but it's not the only way governments have tried to help workers secure a decent living.
"Strategic ambiguity" has long been the West's strategy on Taiwan.
Quantum mechanics forces us to toss out the old, reliable ways in which we make sense of our everyday reality.
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Enlightenment is a traditionally mystical and slippery concept, but when it is subjected to the rigors of empirical analysis, there is a lot to be learned about our brains and ourselves.
John Templeton Foundation
quasar-galaxy hybrid
From black holes to dark energy to chances for life in the Universe, our cosmic journey to understand it all is just getting started.