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Employees from Amazon and Microsoft plan to join the global protest, too.
Most of us have heard of Abraham Maslow and his hierarchy of needs, but Maslow doesn't have a monopoly on self-actualization.
Most elderly individuals' brains degrade over time, but some match — or even outperform — younger individuals on cognitive tests.
What’s more massive than the heaviest known neutron star but lighter than the lightest known black hole? LIGO may be about to solve that mystery. Whenever a star is born in […]
Two recent polls underscore Americans' shifting attitudes on climate change.
Unhealthy diets cause the part of your brain responsible for appetite to become inflamed, encouraging further eating and obesity.
The system could help with diagnosing and treating patients that cannot communicate.
Are you a victim of the social media bubble?
A question that's baffled physicists for nine years has been resolved by the simplest possible answer.
Is there life beyond Earth, even in our Solar System? This mission might be humanity’s best hope of finding it. The biggest question facing humanity might be, “Does life exists beyond […]
Repeating lies makes people believe they are true, show studies.
The fast-food company recently agreed to acquire a tech company whose "speech-to-meaning" technology might soon be interpreting customers' orders.
How can Innovation Central not manage to solve its own sprawling homelessness?
An amateur astronomer discovers an interstellar comet on its way to our Sun.
Etgar Keret's stories are as funny, painful, and surreal as life itself. We talk about the craziness of his native Israel, his new collection of short stories FLY ALREADY, marijuana, dementia, and much more.
Even if automation makes human trafficking economically inefficient, that alone won't end this unethical practice.
"People are not commodities!" said Assemblyman Rob Bonta.
Researchers are only just beginning to really understand anaesthesia awareness.