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Once only dark energy remains, empty space still won’t be completely empty. Imagine, if you dare, the very end of the Universe. The stars — past, present, and future — have all burned out. […]
Synchronous movement seems to help us form cohesive groups by shifting our thinking from "me" to "we."
Heard about the phenomenon of FNE, or 'first night effect'?
An elephant at the Bronx Zoo has become a cause célèbre for animal rights activists.
One of the world's most isolated island groups has just been made one of the world's largest ocean reserves.
We love a good heist movie, but our favorite part is not the caper. It’s building the team. The brilliant thief—just out of jail to do one more job, he […]
No matter how accurately you place two Plinko chips, you cannot count on the same outcome twice. Of all the pricing games on the iconic television show The Price Is Right, […]
A new theory suggests that dreams' illogical logic has an important purpose.
In "The Immortality Key," Brian Muraresku speculates that the Eucharist could have once been more colorful.
Textual analysis of social media posts finds users' anxiety and suicide-risk levels are rising, among other negative trends.
You might be inclined to modify gravity instead, but those ideas have grossly unequal evidence supporting them. What is it, exactly, that you’re supposed to do when the predictions of […]
The compound found in "magic mushrooms" has significant and fast-acting impact on the brains of rats.
Having grown kids still at home is not likely to do you, or them, any permanent harm.
The bubonic plague ravaged the world for centuries, killing up to 200 million people.
Known as the ‘North Star,’ Polaris won’t stay that way forever. Planet Earth spins a full 360°, about its axis, every 24 hours. The Earth in orbit around the Sun, with […]
A team of astrophysicists used AI to figure out which clusters of stars merged to become our galaxy.
Schools have become captivated by the idea that students must learn a set of generalized critical-thinking skills to flourish in the contemporary world.
New book explores a future populated with robot helpers.
All the fun of opening up a mummy, without the fear of unleashing a plague.
Christmas was banned in 1647 and rebellions broke out across the country.