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What you need to know about this smallpox cousin.
Did traditional Chinese thought pave the way for the philosophy of Maoism?
Voyager 1
In all of human history, only 5 spacecraft have had the right trajectory to exit the Solar System. Will they ever catch Voyager 1?
Credit: CNSA
Data from the Zhurong rover suggests the Red Planet was wet more recently than we thought.
anatoly fomenko
Searching for truth in unorthodox ways can be a valuable exercise. But Anatoly Fomenko's alternate world history is just plain weird.
The site will be the first working example of a geological disposal facility.
One form of domestic abuse involves a parent breaking their child’s connection with the other parent.
geopolitics finance
Geopolitics is not a magic 8-ball. But making financial decisions — such as those regarding retirement — in a multipolar world without geopolitics is akin to flying blind in a storm.
Two black-and-white illustrations blur reality: a woman sits on a chair, while another person’s head unexpectedly emerges through a hole in the floor beneath a nearby chair.
Signals from the environment, such as those detected by your sense organs, have no inherent psychological meaning. Your brain creates the meaning.
John Templeton Foundation
crystallization
Crystallization is an entirely random process, so scientists have developed clever ways to investigate it at a molecular level.
mars sound
The high pitches from the flute and the harp would reach your ears before the notes from the tuba and the cello.
black hole spacetime
Everything is made of matter, not antimatter, including black holes. If antimatter black holes existed, what would they do?
analysis paralysis
When faced with too many choices, many of us freeze — a phenomenon known as "analysis paralysis." Why? Isn't choice a good thing?
population latitude
In 100 years, perhaps this map showing humanity clustering around the equator will seem “so 21st century.”
Understanding these links could bring us closer to a cure.
advanced civilization
Do the laws of physics place a hard limit on how far technology can advance, or can we re-write those laws?