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metaverse
The metaverse is inevitable because it is hardwired into our DNA.
Caffeine does something, but it's not clear exactly what.
It's on a 100,000-year timescale, though, so the next few centuries might not be so comfortable.
"All moments past, present, and future, always have existed, always will exist."
The larger truth on the streets is that no one uses just one drug anymore.
Historical analyses reveal that crises almost always yield surprising benefits.
"Downward counterfactual thinking" — that is, imagining how things could be worse — is a quick and easy way to boost your well-being and gratitude.
Leftover Cold War-era bunkers are still kept in a state of readiness to protect the population from nuclear war.
The word “turkey” can refer to everything from the bird itself to a populous Eurasian country to movie flops.
vanadium dioxide
Vanadium dioxide is a strange material that "remembers" information and when it was stored. This is akin to biological memory.
klebsiella
It weakens the bacteria so that the immune system can destroy it.
Airports are like mini-cities: they have places of worship, policing, hotels, fine dining, shopping, and mass transit.
The potential new drug is in a class of its own, as it works differently than any other antidepressant on the market.
Metabolism and mitochondrial functioning seem to have far more to do with mental health than many people might expect.
Mindfulness, detachment, selecting off-time activities with care: Here are evidence-based strategies to achieve healthy work-life balance.