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The Doomsday clock has never been closer to midnight.
No matter how long you wait, the matter that makes you probably won’t end up inside a black hole. It’s one of the most pervasive ideas out there: if you wait […]
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Soon we'll be able to blink and instantly go online via computer chips attached to our eyes.
The resistance movements may be more about identity than science.
The U.S. Soccer Federation says "market realities" explain the pay gap. Others say it's institutionalized sexism.
Brain plasticity. Mindful superpowers. Pokémon invading our grey matter. Scientists have only begun to learn about the human brain.
New research reveals a major shift in what pressures life used to face.
In Natural Causes, journalist Barbara Ehrenreich questions our obsession with wellness.
Compassion is one of several news values that determine if a story is published.
Ideas are plentiful; execution is another story.
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Sometimes the way to rise to the top is by moving sideways.
The total solar eclipse of July 2, 2019, is the longest one we’ll have until 2027. And that’s not all. On July 2, 2019, the new Moon will pass between Earth […]
Harvard engineers make a breakthrough polarization camera.
There are a few different theories out there, but the parieto-frontal integration theory, or P-FIT, appears to give us the best model of the neuroscience of intelligence.
The Glen McLaughlin Collection brings together more than 700 historical examples of 'California as an island'.
When it comes to theories of the universe, the Big Bang theory is almost accepted as a fact. However, it's still uncertain, and some scientists believe that the universe didn't began with a bang, but a bounce.
It isn't surprising, but what's behind the straight-white-male hegemony?
It's hard not to conclude that if you act like a child, maybe you'll learn as effectively as a child, too…
Study shows minerals sequester carbon for thousands of years, which may explain oxygen's abundance in the atmosphere.
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The more Greenland melts, the more Greenland melts. Here's why.