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New research suggests you can't fake your emotional state to improve your work life — you have to feel it.
Archaeologists discover a cave painting of a wild pig that is now the world's oldest dated work of representational art.
The Persian polymath and philosopher of the Islamic Golden Age teaches us about self-awareness.
And can we devise an experiment to tell, even when we aren’t looking? One of the most bizarre aspects of quantum physics is that the fundamental entities that make up the […]
A new study shows that beauty standards affect whether or not accusers are believed.
Already 14 billion miles from the Sun, Voyager 1 is speeding away at 38,000 mph.
Could medical detection animals smell coronavirus?
Study confirms the existence of a special kind of groupthink in large groups.
For many, 2020 will not be remembered as a “best of” much. We don’t need to repeat the reasons here; it’s sufficient to point out that a 100-year pandemic was […]
Northwell Health is using insights from website traffic to forecast COVID-19 hospitalizations two weeks in the future.
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In 2020, we experienced the shortest ‘day’ in 50 years. Here’s the reason why. On the timescales that humans experience, there are lots of things that we consider to be extremely […]
A fairly old idea, but a really good one, is about to hit the store shelves.
There are many things on large scales that also appear on small scales. But is the Universe truly a fractal? If you take a look at the structures that form in […]
Imagine Heraclitus spending an afternoon down by the river…
Researchers discover that cancer cells go into hibernation to avoid chemotherapy effects.
The attack on the Capitol forces us to confront an existential question about privacy.
This small-scale study may have uncovered a new link between the peripheral nerve system and autism.
The expansion rate is dropping, but distant galaxies are accelerating. Here’s how. If you take a look at any galaxy in the Universe that isn’t gravitationally bound to our own, we’ve […]
Traces of heroin and cocaine have been found in the tartar of 19th-century Dutch farmers.
Learn how to practice "self-indifference."