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President Donald Trump wants to create Space Force, a sixth branch of the military that would likely boost U.S. military capabilities and weaponry in space—if congress approves it.
In a new study, people with a keener sense of smell reported finding their sexual activities more “pleasant”, and women with a greater sensitivity to odours had more orgasms during sex.
Tired of your avocados going bad? This company has developed a way to keep them fresh for four times longer.
This piece of music was beamed into back hole 1A 0620-00, about 3,457 light years away. You can listen to the six-minute song, with spoken word by Stephen Hawking, right here.
Please tell me that Internet trolls didn't just get a huge leg up.
Practicing mindfulness in the workplace is taking businesses and organizations around the world by storm. While some practice mindfulness techniques, others are more involved in the discipline of mindfulness meditation.
There’s no such thing as a theory that’s too beautiful to be wrong, if it doesn’t agree with experiment. The history of physics is filled with great ideas that you’ve […]
Past research on ‘disgust sensitivity’ show it’s linked to political orientation, but the new study is the first to explore exactly how it’s linked to voting behavior.
Choosing a diet is hard for many people. But it doesn't have to be.
In the wake of yet another tragic loss of a woman's life, police predictably advised people to “stay safe" by engaging in a range of “protective" strategies. Why is this a problem?
Free market ideology uses democratic vocabulary as propaganda, obscuring a non-democratic reality.
In the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases, a new one has appeared: Gaming Disorder.
Let kids be kids. Watching over your children's every move is a bad idea, and the long-term effects of helicopter parenting are far worse than thought.
A new study on more than 32,000 nurses explores how chronotype may influence women's chances of developing depression.
When it comes to the Solar System, all we have left are the survivors. At last, that might be enough to know what happened 4.5 billion years ago. We know what […]
Is God an old white guy with a majestic, flowing beard? A new study has a surprise for you.
A color you’ll never find in a star is responsible for the universal color of star-forming regions. If you look through a telescope’s eyepiece, distant galaxies always appears white. Spiral-shaped […]
The most famous study in psychology turns out to be theater, and the lead researcher is over defending his myth.
There’s no escaping its vast power and utility for the human enterprise. Stories, great tales, and songs have all been written about the all-mighty dollar. Here's 10 documentaries that we think you'll enjoy.
A study finds a link between intolerant attitudes among some Americans and support for anti-democratic measures and army rule.