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In the 2018 World Cup, England's team was aided by an unconventional team member: a psychologist who equipped players with tools to navigate the mental and emotional sides of the game.
A close look at the fabrication costs and value of an iPhone reveals that China gets a lot of (low-paid) jobs, while the profits flow to other countries. This puts the China vs. Trump trade war in perspective.
When asked if she'll be ready for the 2033 mission, she replied, "Definitely."
Infographics chart the growing acceptance of drinking during the day, compiled and created by Family Center for Recovery.
fMRIs reveal that physics causes activity in some surprising areas of the brain.
A new study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters provides even more reason to think Ross 128 b, the second closest exoplanet to Earth, could harbor life.
Nietzsche had some harsh things to say about the worldview of the masses, but what did he really think?
The fans supporting their teams at the World Cup in Russia are overwhelmingly white. Their teams? Not so much.
A new study on virtual embodiment explores the “surprising plasticity of the brain’s body representation,” and suggests that virtual reality representations can improve cognition.
As temperatures rise, your brain's processing power declines.
Can radiation in space limit human exploration? It's a real challenge, explains NASA's Michelle Thaller.
13.8 billion years ago, our Universe as-we-know-it came into existence. Here’s what it was like. Looking out at our Universe today, we not only see a huge variety of stars and […]
The Thai boys soccer team rescued from underground caves was helped in survival by meditation practices led by its coach - a former Buddhist monk.
NASA recorded an interplanetary exchange. And it sounds not entirely unlike the beginning to a certain Daft Punk song.
The killer whale involved in the incident, Tilikum, has been involved in three deaths of humans while in captivity.
Hannah Gadsby claims "Nanette" is her exit from the stage. But she can change her mind.
Animal extinction is, after all, inevitable in the natural world — some have even called it the “engine of evolution". So why should extinction matter to us?
President Trump has placed retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.’s closest allies. His justification for this policy is national security and the protection of America’s businesses. But history has shown us that trade wars don’t put America first.
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