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The strain of peering into our mobile phones and tablets is causing serious vision problems.
Culturally and economically, modern Turkey is at a dangerous crossroads.
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Since the autism diagnosis first appeared in 1943, the world has become a much more welcoming place for people with autism, but it's still not quite where it should be.
Part art installation, part green design. Completely cool.
A new study shows that preventative care has curbed fatal cases of treatable types of cancer, though other forms of the disease still present a serious mortal danger.
Coming to grips with the real changes.
Men may finally be able to take control of their reproductive futures.
Here's some easy health advice we should all take with us into the New Year.
The ability for mass to bend and magnify background light is a unique feature of General Relativity. But it can fool us, too. “Gravitational and electromagnetic interactions are long-range interactions, meaning […]
No doubt you've heard one of these arguments given as a reason against gun control. Problem is, it's very dubious logic.
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Jason Silva offers a crash course on the tech-centric philosophy that seeks to overcome the limitations of humanity.
The Campbell Soup Company says it will go ahead and label foods that contain GMO ingredients, breaking industry ranks on the issue holding up wider adoption of agricultural biotechnology.
A four-month–old little girl is alive today because of an inexpensive virtual reality device made by Google.
With current technology, things might take generations. But that could be greatly reduced with a little help. “Oh, yes — I know you. There was a time you looked at the stars and […]
Throughout the world, higher incomes translate into less religiosity, and vice versa. But that rule does not apply to the Americans, nor to the Chinese.
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Your brain creates all the narratives in your life, but it's possible to train yourself to transcend the mind's innate urge to storify everything.
Nick Lane believes he can explain the "black hole" at the heart of biology. And in the process predict traits that even alien life will have. Here are some amazing facts from biology.
A complete refusal to accept basic facts has made a religion of our gun obsession.
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A bevy of new research is proving wrong many of our preconceived notions about women and sexuality.
How we went from our Milky Way, alone, to the entire Universe. “Gamow was fantastic in his ideas. He was right, he was wrong. More often wrong than right. Always […]