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A new interactive documentary "How Normal Am I?" helps reveal the shortcomings of facial recognition technology.
We just found a system that we can’t explain. Here’s what’s going on. One of the most fascinating facts about the Universe is that there’s so much of it out there. […]
Even kids get that a real leader puts others' interests first.
Most said they want to act on their desire someday. But do open relationships actually work?
We’re still not sure what the ultimate question is. Here are 5 excellent candidates. One of the most amusing stories in all of science fiction is Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s […]
The results of this study showed depressive symptoms being highest in adolescence, declining in early adulthood and then climbing back up again into one's early 30s.
Physicists create quantum entanglement, making two distant objects behave as one.
Poland has become an increasingly unwelcoming place for the LGBTQ community. Fifty diplomats hope to change that.
What do we want to do with convicted criminals? Penology has several philosophies waiting to answer that question.
Andrew Wakefield turned away from science and to the tabloids to spread his fabricated data.
We're in an era of 'megafires'.
Could this finally be the clue we’ve hoped for in uncovering the truth about dark matter? In the physical sciences, theory and observation are supposed to work hand-in-hand. Theorists work out […]
In fact, the maximum human lifespan has barely changed since we arrived.
MIT Professor Sinan Aral's new book, "The Hype Machine," explores the perils and promise of social media in a time of discord.
Researchers detect a large lake and several ponds deep under the ice of the Martian South Pole.
"Nothing but naked people: fat ones, thin ones, old, young…"
The microbes that eventually produced the planet's oxygen had to breathe something, after all.
Techshot's 3D BioFabrication Facility successfully printed human heart tissue aboard the International Space Station.
Crows have their own version of the human cerebral cortex.