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There’s so much that we’ve discovered, looking as deeply as possible into the void. But what are we missing? Start with the laws of physics, a Universe full of a specific […]
Scientists identify for the first time two specific genes that may foster a predisposition for being gay in men.
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How did Lego survive a near-total financial ruin? Why is Lyft way more popular that Uber amongst drivers? And how did Marvel gain a second wind some 60 years after it was founded?
The UN has commissioned a study of extreme poverty in the most of one of the world’s wealthiest nations, the United States.
Imagine a world in which all the babies born each day were randomly redistributed among the biological parents. The infant assigned to any given set of parents could be white, […]
That same pattern is seen in chimps and orangutans, primatologists say.
A silent gif is sweeping the web because many people think they can hear it.
It isn’t flat, and these simple observations that you can make from the ground can demonstrate it to anyone. From any one location on the surface of the Earth, it’s impossible […]
Emotions are the language of the unconscious, and in day-to-day life, they prevent us from sinking beneath an overwhelming flood of information.
A new study addresses the question, while also raising even more questions.
For older adults, playing video games isn't just a way for older adults to keep in touch with the younger generation — it might be also be a way to stay in touch with memory itself.
100,000 years of human history and young adulthood is still getting weirder. Noël Wells on art, power, and our super dark times.
Is "alloparenting" the end of family as we know it?
Optical computers would be extremely fast, more energy efficient, and could store far more information than electronic ones.
Strong performance has an enormous impact on an organization’s viability — it boils down to a team of highly effective, dedicated workers who can complete tasks quickly and efficiently.
Just because it isn’t Thanksgiving anymore doesn’t mean we don’t have an entire Universe to be thankful for. Every day, we have a choice whether we take our lives, our existence, […]
UC Berkeley researchers create a robot that learns by playing and can predict the future of its actions.
How far back in time would you need to travel to find a common human ancestor of people living today? The answer is surprisingly recent.
Knowing how fat responds to when we eat could lead to better weight loss programs.
Americans are, often with justification, regarded as not being versed in philosophy. This is a shame, as the United States and the colonies that proceeded it have produced many great thinkers