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Scientists find a new species of flower in a remote part of Hawaii.
For the Iroquois, it was a type of military training and a way to honor the gods.
It might not feel that way, but a 95% dark Universe really is the best game in town. No matter how much we might try and hide it, there’s an enormous […]
A large-scale meta-analysis aims to disprove the notion that pornography consumption causes sexual aggression and violence.
Reading code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers.
Boston Dynamics' notorious robot goes on an interplanetary mission.
First, recognize that our genes make us worrywarts.
Two new studies shed light on who first inhabited the islands, who replaced them, and how few people lived there.
A deeper appreciation for science and less unnecessary spending could be in our future.
An excessive focus on past failures can make learning about new situtations more difficult.
After a wait of 397 years in orbit, we’re finally getting a truly ‘Great’ Conjunction. Recently, December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn finally met. Looking towards the southwest skies from […]
At the height of the first wave, many people took heart from the drop in air pollution resulting from global lockdowns.
New research shows that experiencing an opposite-sex body in virtual reality impacted the subject's gender identity.
There's no such thing as a miracle drug.
A study explores how your dog does when you're not home.
It doesn’t propagate at infinite speeds, and that’s a problem for Newton. When you look at the Sun, the light you’re seeing isn’t the light that’s being emitted right now. Instead, […]
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The expansion of the universe is speeding up—contrary to what many physicists expected. A "heat death" is coming, but it's not what you think.
With just a few more neutron star mergers, we’ll have the best constraints of all-time. How fast is the Universe expanding? Ever since the expanding Universe was first discovered nearly […]
More evidence that we're drowning in microplastic particles.