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The 2020 election cycle is not yet as wild as the 1876 election that made Rutherford B. Hayes president.
We’ve found our first ones! The question is: how did they survive? Over the past 2 years, an exciting development has finally arisen: scientists have measured a large number of small, […]
Scientists find an exoplanet whose strange behavior may lead to the Solar's System hidden ninth planet.
Humans churn out about 30 gigatons (30,000,000,000 tons) of material every year.
For a purely binary choice, wearing a ring either on the left or right hand can say a lot about the wearer.
Carbon dating allows us to know exactly when ice was melted for drinking water in pre-Columbian America.
If we’re migrating slowly away, is our speed changing, too? Every year, planet Earth completes one revolution around the Sun while spinning on its axis. On a year-to-year basis, our […]
Scientists find routes using arches of chaos that can lead to much faster space travel.
A new look at existing data by LSU researchers refutes the Trump administration's claims.
The biggest risk comes from doing nothing at all.
A new study explores the therapeutic potential of the psychedelic drug ibogaine, which has been used in Africa for centuries.
There’s a flowchart if you aren’t sure. It’s a situation that comes up all too frequently: an expert in their field publicly states a conclusion that is thoroughly accepted by the […]
Neuroscientists and ethicists wants to ensure that neurotechnologies remain benevolent.
Research shows that sparrows and other animals use plants to heal themselves.
Gun violence is a public health crisis that is notoriously difficult to study because of politics. Finally, a new research initiative has the green light to collect life-saving data.
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Our ultimate fate depends on something we’ve barely begun to measure. One of the biggest mysteries in all of physics is dark energy. According to our best observations, the Universe cannot […]
The pieces don't represent an army, they stand in for the Western social order.
A new study shows that at least one long-ago journey would have required deliberate navigation.
Here's why you may want to opt-out of Amazon's new shared network.
The vaccine just passed its first clinical trials, but it has a long way to go.