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Researchers watched for signs of withdrawal — but didn't find any.
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Compared to people who took a placebo, the brains of those who took caffeine pills had a temporarily smaller gray matter volume.
Entrenched business wisdom says that community-led economic systems are pure fantasy. Douglas Rushkoff disagrees.
The right questions are those sparked from the joy of discovery.
einstein quantum
When you bring two fingers together, you can feel them "touch" each other. But are your atoms really touching, and if so, how?
There might be a hard limit to our knowledge of the Universe.
What we've learning from the world’s coldest, most forbidding, and most peaceful continent.
Personal finance advice is often over-simplified and fails to consider economic research or people’s unique circumstances.
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europe digital divide
Some Europeans really don't want to use the internet.
Viruses, it turns out, can block one another and take turns to dominate.
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To Einstein, nature had to be rational. But quantum physics showed us that there was not always a way to make it so.
creativity training
By developing skills like divergent thinking and collaboration in the workforce, creativity training has the potential to unlock revolutionary ideas.
Warm relationships protect your mind and body from the slings and arrows of life.
drug ads
Close to 70% of drugs advertised on TV offer little to no benefit over other cheaper drugs.
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In Einstein's relativity and the Standard Model, we only have three spatial dimensions. But there could be more, and many think there are.