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The same brain differences that contribute to left-handedness also contribute to psychotic disorders. But there's a bright side.
Even after a decade of hormone therapy, trans women are stronger and faster than cis women.
Our society mostly emphasizes developing logical, procedural thinking skills, but this isn't the only way to come up with great ideas.
Over the past 50 years, 27 leap seconds have been added to our time.
All nations have founding myths, but none are quite like Russia's.
Many animals engage in “zoopharmacognosy” or self-medication.
It might seem petty and shallow to get upset over a bad gift, but there's often a deeper reason behind the feeling.
With its first view of a protoplanetary disk around a newly forming star, the JWST reveals how alone individual stellar systems truly are.
One award was for a medical procedure that incapacitated thousands of people.
3mins
Economist Tyler Cowen says there are good reasons to be crypto-skeptical.
brain zapping
The DARPA-funded memory prosthesis helps the brain retain new information.
Negative feedback ignites the primal (“fight or flight”) and emotional (“do they hate me?”) parts of our brain first.
Bialiatski
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony sends yet another strong message to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
The findings of a recent study may help explain why some people are quicker to forget fearful memories.
innovation training
Innovation training encourages the kind of creativity and problem solving that can lead to breakthroughs in business.
One of the winners. Dr. K. Barry Sharpless, is now the fifth person in history to win two Nobels.
After 10,000 years of civilization, have we figured out what virtue is?