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Starling flocks, schools of fish, and clouds of insects all agree.
One bill hopes to repeal the crime of selling sex and expand social services; the other would legalize the entire sex trade.
And if they could, would they care, asks philosopher John Gray in his new book.
By the end of the decade, we may discover one million black holes. A large enough mass in a compact volume inevitably forms a black hole. Both inside and outside the […]
A physicist creates an AI algorithm that predicts natural events and may prove the simulation hypothesis.
How different people react to threats of violence.
Beyond making up 70% of the world's health workers, women researchers have been at the cutting edge of coronavirus research.
First drawn in 1935, Hu Line illustrates persistent demographic split – how Beijing deals with it will determine the country's future.
Cow cuddling is getting ever more popular, but what's the science behind using animals for relaxation?
Millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine could be distributed as early as this week.
How does philosophy try to balance having free will with living in a deterministic universe?
"The Expanse" is the best vision I've ever seen of a space-faring future that may be just a few generations away.
Anti-human business practices deteriorate their charges, and there’s perhaps no greater warning of this end result than the life of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel. Nobel invented dynamite in 1867 with […]
If everything eventually dies and decays, is there a way to prolong the inevitable? Our Universe, as it exists today, puts us in an incredibly privileged position. Had we come […]
Contrary to what some might think, the brain is a very plastic organ.
By 2050, there may be more plastic than fish in the sea.
Trained dogs can detect cancer and other diseases by smell. Could a device do the same?
Their goal is a digital model of the Earth that depicts climate change in all of its complexity.
Remedies must honor the complex social dynamics of adolescence.
What makes something a hit or a flop? Sit and ponder that one, and you’ll find it’s a stumper. At first, the answer seems obvious: popularity. That’s not quite right […]