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It doesn’t hurt to be quick, responsive, friendly, efficient, or reliable. But for A. G. Lafley, former CEO of Procter & Gamble, the most important ingredient to making your customers […]
When these particles are eaten by earthworms, the results are not good.
There’s an enormous evolutionary advantage for flamingos to stand on one leg, but only physics explains why. Of all the natural marvels unique to planet Earth, the diversity of the living […]
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When it comes to effectively propagating a message in the modern day, few do it quite like internet activists.
A close encounter with cosmologist James Peebles encouraged me in my scientific career.
How does gratitude work its mental magic?
New technology offers us a look at the green future of aviation and cargo shipping.
A single typo in the "dark matter" of the genome drives multiple types of cancer.
For decades, Americans sprayed the notorious pesticide DDT all over their homes and fields. But it turns out we may have known about — and ignored — a safer alternative used by the Nazi regime.
Or, quite possibly, is it more complex than either one of those scenarios? If there’s one lesson that humanity should have learned from the 20th century, it’s this: the Universe […]
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We can either be fearful of artificial intelligence, or embrace it as a tool to help us improve service.
How an off-the-radar Nobel Prize brings us ever nearer to finding a major cure.
"We seem to be racing toward a new configuration of government and industry without having fully thought through all of the implications," Steve Aftergood, director of the Project on Government Secrecy at the Federation of American Scientists, told MIT Technology Review.
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The private sector may need the Outer Space Treaty to be updated before it can make any claims to celestial bodies or their resources.
Any business owner wants to make sure they’re giving their customers an ideal experience. Not only are happy customers more likely to be repeat customers, but they can serve as […]
Jim Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz just won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics. It couldn’t be more well-deserved. Every year, the Nobel Prize reminds all of humanity to […]
Colonizing the Red Planet isn't a bad idea in theory. But . . .
Lucy in the Sky film doesn't deliver what it implies, but is a wacky docudrama instead.
A new immunotherapy treatment is showing positive signs in early-stage clinical trials.
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NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller explains what astronomers actually do, and how can you become one.