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Amid all the troubling stats about flu season, here's a little bit of positive news from Georgia State University.
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The human brain is an incredible marvel of evolution. But what's even more incredible is how this supercomputer in your head is able to occasionally make such dumb mistakes.
The correlation is more prominent in women than men.
This study is radically changing how we view the process of evolution.
Before you reach for another glass of warm milk, read this.
The benefits of controlled psilocybin use and spiritual practice on people's well-being long outlast the high, researchers find.
Researchers in Mexico discover the longest underwater cave system in the world that's full of invaluable artifacts.
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Is coolness wearing a leather jacket and slicking your hair back? Or is it "a measured rebellion" within established boundaries? One big thinker tells us that being "cool" is sort of like a cult, at least from a sociological standpoint.
Researchers find an unexpected side effect of rising carbon dioxide levels in a remote tropical forest.
What does it really mean when something is "Dickensian"? Or "Kafkaesque"? Sometimes these words are overused to the point where they lose their meaning. Here's how these and 6 other words got their origin.
An hour away from Area 51 in the Nevada desert, this solar power plant "banks" energy in a way that could be replicated across the world.
Scientists can now virtually reconstruction certain long-dead individuals, without the need for DNA samples from physical remains.
Another week, another wild round of comments from our Facebook audience. Some made us laugh. Some made us cry. Here's the best of the week.
What do our future missions in physics, astronomy, astrophysics and more hold? If you went back in time just 30 years, the world as we it was a completely different place. […]
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Global warming and climate change is already reshaping coastlines due to higher waters. Pretty soon our next big cities will have to be at sea. But how will they make sustainable food?
A new study find a connection between having more testosterone and not liking classical, jazz, or avant-garde music.
Three questions for the designer of a video game in line with the times.
Archeologists find the largest frozen Scythian burial site ever found in Siberia.
Are we looking for life in all the wrong ways, like SETI with smoke signals? A little over 80 years ago, humanity first began broadcasting radio and television signals with enough […]
We talked to a scientist who studies the afterlife and near-death experiences.