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The European Union agreed on a list of 15 countries that would be allowed to travel in its bloc. U.S. citizens were not on it.
Watch as the small mirror joins millions of other pieces of space junk currently orbiting the planet.
Researchers at University College London link waist circumference with dementia.
Exploring how a small change in your DNA sequence can make you a natural blonde.
CERN’s bold new proposal has physicists confronting the biggest question of all: is building a new collider worth it? If you want to discover anything novel about the natural, physical […]
According to a licensed clinical psychologist, we need to change the way we define narcissism in order to recognize it more clearly for what it really is.
A new study pushes back on psychiatry industry talking points.
The banality-of-evil thesis was a flashpoint for controversy.
Without a little help from Einstein, we couldn’t have made this discovery. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, currently celebrating its 30th anniversary, still churns out novel discoveries. The Hubble eXtreme Deep […]
Help future Mars rovers better navigate the red planet's treacherous terrain.
Monuments are under attack in America. How far should we go in re-examining our history?
What would happen if the U.S. guaranteed every citizen a job with a living wage and benefits?
The smart skin can "sweat" like human skin and also self-heal.
The takeaway: limit sugar and dairy if you want better skin.
Unraveling the mysteries of adult neurogenesis may have clinical applications.
Thanks to modern technology, we can reexamine our assumptions about ancient warriors.
This mystery comes in two varieties: repeating and non-repeating. Here’s what we know so far. Imagine that you were looking out at the distant Universe, watching the stars, galaxies, and the […]
The European Union is debating over two lists of nations from which it will accept travelers starting July 1.