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Being ahead of the curve can be a dangerous place. These 7 thinkers were driven from their homelands over it.
Minnesota earned its 'blue mark' in the 1975 Morris earthquake, which had its epicenter in the western part of the state.
Research dating back to the 1950s explains why the foot fetish makes total sense.
Only one dark matter detection experiment ever gave a positive result, in conflict with all the others. This could be why. For multiple generations now, it’s been apparent to astronomers that […]
Can AI make better predictions about future crimes?
Increasing numbers of seniors need help with basic tasks. It doesn't have to be that way.
We’ve come fantastically far in our understanding of the distant Universe. Here’s how we’ll go even farther. Sometime in 2021, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will launch, deploy, and begin science […]
Physicist Frank Wilczek proposes new methods of searching for extraterrestrial life.
Global warming has shown that permafrost is not so permanent after all.
The origin and phylogeny of the Yaravirus are not yet clear.
Is the experience we call "love" felt the same in every language?
The Sun will eventually become a red giant star, swallowing Mercury and Venus in the process. But what will happen to Earth? There are a few existential questions we can ask […]
A recent study on monkeys found that stimulating a certain part of the forebrain wakes monkeys from anesthesia.
One in five people have ended sex because of bad bedroom talk. Here's the data and science on how to do it right.
It’s been called the biggest conundrum in all of cosmology, and recent measurements just add to the confusion. One of the most puzzling facts about the Universe is that different […]
The CDC estimates that more than 210,000 people in the U.S. have been hospitalized by the flu this season.