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Scientific journals, which are supposed to be the sacred scriptures of academia, are often full of shoddy research and misinformation.
For decades people have arranged to freeze their bodies after death, dreaming of resurrection by advanced future medicine. Many met a fate far grislier than death.
Unplugging only ignores the hard work of overcoming your distractions.
People tend to underestimate how much a friend they’ve lost contact with would enjoy a simple note saying "hi."
With a telescope at just the right distance from the Sun, we could use its gravity to enhance and magnify a potentially inhabited planet.
"You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it."
This is a great improvement over the typical brew time of 12 to 18 hours.
"This fourth wave will be worse than it’s ever been before."
We only detected our very first gravitational wave in 2015. Over the next two decades, we'll have thousands more.
In paint form, the world's "whitest white" reflects so much light that surfaces become cooler than the surrounding air.
In a nod to its addictive qualities, it was first dubbed “Some More.”
When it comes to vetting people for friendship, body odor seems to be a decisive factor.
Long before Christopher and Magellan, ancient explorers voyaged into the unknown and brought home extraordinary tales.
We knew we'd find galaxies unlike any seen before in its first deep-field image. But the other images hold secrets even more profound.
The surface of asteroid Bennu is more like a plastic ball pit than the Moon.
Explore the key highlights from the UN’s latest release of its world population estimates.
The zebras were originally part of a newspaper tycoon's private zoo. Now they roam the San Simeon grasslands, growing in numbers.
It could permanently lower cholesterol — and permanently reduce your risk of having a heart attack.