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From galaxies with no dark matter to ones with hundreds of times more dark matter than normal, our Universe needs it more than ever. One of the most mysterious substances in […]
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A persistent barrage of information is not the best method for getting through to someone with a different point of view.
While the benefits of music therapy are well known, more in-depth research explores how music benefits children with autism.
Become a project management master with these 12 in-depth courses.
The study sheds new light on the relationship between sleep and mental health.
Can we stop a rogue AI by teaching it ethics? That might be easier said than done.
A new study of nurses shows the importance of sleep—and staying aware on the job.
It’s last “hard” test is over. Now, we wait for its launch. Despite numerous delays, funding crises, and technical challenges, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready. The science instruments […]
Researchers found a common element in the destruction of even the most powerful empires.
Perhaps downhill and cross-country skiers don't face the fate of potters, typesetters and saddlers, but their situation is certainly unclear.
Scientists have identified the largest ever assemblage of mammoth bones.
Interactive globe shows where your hometown was at various stages of Earth's deep geological past.
Although everyone knows that coal-based energy is a thing of the past, declarations about nuclear power plants somehow do not want to enter into force.
Electricity from solar energy is the cheapest it's ever been, thanks largely to technological improvements and policies that reduce the risk of investing in renewable energy. That's one of the […]
Can we end world hunger by 2030? Thanks to a new program, the data for it is all there.
Have we always had quantum fields in the Universe? Or did they emerge at some finite time? No matter how we look at the Universe — at low temperatures or ultra-high energies, from […]
Northwell Health CEO Michael Dowling has an important favor to ask of the American people.
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"Interacting" with nature through virtual reality applications had especially strong benefits, according to the study.