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Faces of two people are being absorbed by their phones.
To reap the benefits of digital technologies, we must contend with their addictive designs.
sodium water react
Drop sodium in water, and a violent, even explosive reaction will occur. But quantum physics is needed to explain why.
cryovolcanoes
We have long thought that Pluto was completely frozen solid, but the discovery of cryovolcanoes challenges that assumption.
Learning another language might make you richer, sexier, and smarter. Why not try it?
ancient greeks aliens
Speculation about the existence of aliens goes all the way back at least to the Greek philosophers. Their arguments will sound familiar.
Safety through technology is no bad thing—Nietzsche himself sought doctors and medicines throughout his life—but it can become pathological.
Equations that describe time travel are fully compatible and consistent with relativity — but physics is not mathematics.
standard model structure
The Standard Model may or may not be in trouble, but particle physics definitely needs saving. Here's what the new LHC can do.
pornography
A large study links pornography use to decreased sexual performance for men and increased sexual performance for women.
climate change human evolution
The simulation gave researchers some of the first concrete data linking climate change to human evolution and speciation.
planetary nebula
Everything that gets heated up has to, somehow, radiate that energy away. Here's what we see when that happens in the Universe.
Classical music
Many contemporary composers live in the shadow of Bach and Beethoven, even though they’re just as interesting to listen to.
local bubble
For a thousand light-years in all directions, there's a "bubble" that the Sun sits at the center of. Here's the story behind it.
A new wave of preventative cancer vaccines are set to begin trials.
The same technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines may enable the first damage-reversing heart attack cure.
Europa may be difficult to access. But if a recent study is correct, its subsurface ocean would be more accessible than previously thought.
A study finds prescription medications and dangerous unlisted ingredients in ordinary supplements.