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Unexpected images of galaxies from the James Webb Space Telescope do not disprove the Big Bang. There are other likelier explanations.
Could anyone still meet the Theoretical Minimum?
The brain is highly plastic — the more we do a particular action, the more we change its makeup. Money is a great motivator for habit-forming actions.
Million Stories
Mixed messages and competing interests have left college students feeling lost and stressed.
challenges of online learning
Online learning has become the new normal, but it isn't without its challenges.
Many people lived long enough to grow old in the olden days, too.
But don't buy your own brain zapping machine, yet.
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Hubble revolutionized astronomy more than once. Here's what we can expect from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Thanks to genetics and improving nutrition, denizens of the Western Balkans have surpassed the Dutch in height.
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People who rate themselves as highly knowledgeable about cats are more likely to interact with cats in ways they don't like.
Bloodcurdling war cries, shrieking elephants, and whistling arrows all made soldiers flee in terror.
universal coronavirus vaccine
The antibodies elicited by the "S2 vaccine" not only neutralize COVID's multiple strains but also coronaviruses that cause the common cold.
species-level brain
We will become billions of people who share a single vast intellect.
Einstein's "happiest thought" led to General Relativity's formulation. Would a different profound insight have led us forever astray?
From 260-year-old ciphers to the most recent Zodiac Killer solution, these unbreakable codes just needed time.
Spicy foods are enjoyed the world over, but scientists don't know why people partake in culinary masochism.
When you wish upon a star, it probably makes a difference who you are.