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It all surrounds your outlook on the self-presentation process.
Citing political tensions and climate change, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist have moved their symbolic Clock to its highest point since 1953
You see a gorgeous salamander. Science sees the key to regrowing limbs, eyes, and even bones.
French president Emmanuel Macron recently announced plans to close all of the country's coal-fired power plants two years ahead of schedule.
Pope Francis’ 2018 World Communications Day message explains the dangers of fake news and what journalists and the public must do to combat it.
A new survey indicates that large financial institutions are relaxing restrictions around mobile trading, increasing the volume of deals done via mobile apps 31% in 2017 from the year before.
Tickets are on sale to view the launch of SpaceX's largest rocket, the Falcon Heavy, which carries with it humanity's ambition to land astronauts on the surface of Mars.
According to science, you can control about 40% of your happiness.
There’s nothing new, recent, or remarkable about it. It’s just a typical cosmic pebble in the galactic ocean. Last year, the interstellar interloper ʻOumuamua passed through the inner Solar System. Originally […]
A new report finds China is now the leading nation in the publication of science and engineering research.
New tariffs enacted on solar panels and washing machines are coming under fire from some around the globe, while others are calling the move a positive step for jobs in the United States. 
This latest breakthrough allows for a limitless production of clones.
Research from my PrejudiceLab at Goldsmiths, University of London shows that people who score high on the collective narcissism scale are particularly sensitive to even the smallest offences to their group’s image.
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Countries with top-down power hierarchies get things done quickly—but they just can't last.
Researchers find that an ancient chunk of North America is now a part of Australia, shedding light on Earth's first supercontinent Nuna.
The term “hodl” originated in a drunken post about Bitcoin from 2013, but it’s evolved into a movement in the cryptocurrency community.
Facebook announces a new unit of time called the “flick” that simplifies the creation of VR content.
Harvard's theoretical physicist Lisa Randall links the extinction of the dinosaurs to the mysterious "dark matter".
The neutron star-neutron star merger was initially only seen in 1 detector out of 3. Here’s how scientists didn’t let it slip away. On August 17th, 2017, a gravitational wave event […]
University of Bristol scientists find a way to levitate large objects with sound waves.