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A new study finds an unexpected trait that young people want in a lifelong partner.
The Sudbury neutrino observatory, which was instrumental in demonstrating neutrino oscillations and the massiveness of neutrinos. With additional results from atmospheric, solar, and terrestrial observatories and experiments, we may not […]
Norway plans to pay Gabon $150 million to protect its vast network of rainforests.
A new report sees a major disruption in where we get our food.
Most of us can't imagine wanting absolute control over a nation or feeling compelled to commit mass murders — so then what is it about a dictator's psychology that makes them different?
Such a battery would make it far cheaper to implement robotaxis and long-haul electric trucks, both of which Tesla is developing.
Math trauma can follow people beyond grade school to harm their prospects well into adulthood.
In his book, Earth Emotions, Glenn Albrecht coins "psychoterratic."
It’s a great scientific opportunity of modern times, but we won’t get there with our current observatories. One of the holy grails of modern science is to find a world, […]
De Beauvoir finds that the ‘strong woman’ is actually just bound to housework
Japanese physicists devise technology to discover axion dark matter.
A NASA robot on Mars sends back unusual findings, including timed magnetic pulses.
Fears and discoveries in translating an intimate world to the big screen. How experience helps you deal with people yelling at you. Why 21st century audiences love to be transported to Edwardian England, in spite of all the class hierarchy…
The week-long global protest, which is calling for an end to the age of fossil fuels, is taking place in more than 160 countries today.