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Human-challenge trials are not without risk, but they could speed up the process.
O.T. Olsen's gorgeous 'Piscatorial Atlas' (1883) describes a world now destroyed and forgotten
If a patient requires a ventilator, a new study finds they have a low chance of survival.
Men take longer to clear COVID-19 from their systems; a male-only coronavirus repository may be why.
They say that atoms are mostly 99.99999% empty space. But quantum physics says otherwise. If you were to look at what your body is made of, at smaller and more […]
Astronomers release new data to challenge claims about the mysterious Planet Nine.
Humans are woefully unaware of their olfactory sense. That's the reality we've been sold.
A bipartisan group of economists, technology and public health experts, and ethicists developed a three-part plan to swiftly and safely reopen the American economy. Could it work?
In reality, it has no color at all. Here’s why. Every time you see an illustration of the COVID-19 coronavirus, it’s shown with a red color to it. Sometimes it’s red […]
More than 30 essays on the subject "Why I became a Nazi" written by German women in 1934 have been lying fallow in the archives.
The system can even be designed to send alerts to employees when they've come too close to a coworker.
A new study on rats suggests that using marijuana as an adolescent "reprograms the initial behavioral, molecular, and epigenetic response to cocaine."
How does one supernova get so bright, so energetic, and so massive? It’s a spectacular mystery to solve. On February 22, 2016, one of humanity’s automated sky-scanning telescopes — the Pan-STARRS Survey for […]
How do you overcome the tension between autonomy and solidarity?
Dr. Robert Emmons and other researchers dig into the positive mental and physical health benefits of expressing gratitude.
People often incorporate lessons from fictional stories into their beliefs, attitudes and value judgments, sometimes without even being aware that they are doing so.
Two new studies shed light on the road ahead.
The original Hubble Deep Field truly showed us what the Universe looks like. Later this month, the Hubble Space Telescope will celebrate its 30th anniversary. This photo of the Hubble Space […]
This unsettling simulation shows how mucus-mist can rapidly spread in a grocery store.