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Anti-human business practices deteriorate their charges, and there’s perhaps no greater warning of this end result than the life of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel. Nobel invented dynamite in 1867 with […]
If everything eventually dies and decays, is there a way to prolong the inevitable? Our Universe, as it exists today, puts us in an incredibly privileged position. Had we come […]
Contrary to what some might think, the brain is a very plastic organ.
By 2050, there may be more plastic than fish in the sea.
Trained dogs can detect cancer and other diseases by smell. Could a device do the same?
Their goal is a digital model of the Earth that depicts climate change in all of its complexity.
Remedies must honor the complex social dynamics of adolescence.
What makes something a hit or a flop? Sit and ponder that one, and you’ll find it’s a stumper. At first, the answer seems obvious: popularity. That’s not quite right […]
A black woman most have never heard of made GPS possible. Over the span of a single lifetime, the world has changed in ways that would have been virtually unimaginable […]
In May 2018, the city of Paris set an ambition to be carbon-neutral by 2050.
The results could help NASA's Perseverance rover find evidence of ancient life on Mars.
While not the first such minister, the loneliness epidemic in Japan will make this one the hardest working.
MIT professor Azra Akšamija creates works of cultural resilience in the face of social conflict.
Do they really need the human touch?
After 20 months, scientists find lab-dish brain cells matured at a similar rate to those of an actual infant.
These DIY learning kits focus on topics like coding, robotics, and AI, and are on sale for as low as $41.99.
Scientists are using bioelectronic medicine to treat inflammatory diseases, an approach that capitalizes on the ancient "hardwiring" of the nervous system.
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The definitive answer requires better, unbiased data. Despite all the advances that have occurred in human history, one extraordinary puzzle still remains right in our own backyard: we aren’t sure how […]
Surprising as it may seem, we are all very good at denial. Negation, however, is a different phenomena.
A tourist generally has an eye for the things that have become almost invisible to the resident.