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“I thought, why not direct these high-power beams, instead of into fusion plasma, down into rock and vaporize the hole?”
Flies are in no way smart, but they experience time in an almost Matrix-like fashion.
When you're a genius, how do you make ends meet?
Devil's advocate goya
The role of the Devil’s advocate was to argue against the beatification of mystics. Contrary to popular belief, they did not wear Prada. 
Close-up of a lion's open mouth showing sharp teeth and tongue, painted in a realistic style with rich brown and yellow tones, capturing intensity that echoes themes seen in the neuroscience of inequality.
6mins
What inequality and populism look like in the brain, according to a neuroscientist.
John Templeton Foundation
james webb hubble
The James Webb Space Telescope has chosen 5 targets for its first science release. Here's what we know on the eve of JWST's big reveal!
passive cooling
Really simple interventions can greatly reduce indoor temperatures during the summer, particularly in places like the Pacific Northwest.
Scuba divers often appear to be swimming through a calm and muffled universe. This couldn't be farther from the truth.
consciousness
A new finding that unconsciously processed images are distributed to higher-order brain networks requires the revision of a popular theory of consciousness.
solar car
Aptera expects to begin delivering its solar-powered car later in 2022.
It is all too easy for humans to fall into the cognitive trap of thinking that an entity that can use language fluently is sentient or intelligent.
history of drugs
Long before tobacco arrived from the Americas, ancient civilizations in the Old World were getting high off hemp smoke and opium. 
From ibuprofen to fentanyl, it’s about meeting the pain where it’s at.
rich people
One might think that people who started poor and became rich might be more sensitive to the plights of the poor. Not so, suggests a new study.
science and religion
It might seem like science and faith are at war, but the two have a historical synergy that extends back in time for centuries.
John Templeton Foundation
mosquitoes
The good news is that it can be countered with acne medication.
cognitive decline
9mins
Only 2% of Alzheimer’s is 100% genetic. The rest is up to your daily habits.
dinosaurs
New research finds that dinosaurs were already adapted to living in cold climates before the end-Triassic mass extinction. But how?
The neutrino is the most ghostly, rarely-interacting particle in all the Standard Model. How well can we truly make "beams" out of them?