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Research suggests that to maintain a healthy brain, we should tend our gut microbiome.
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Explore how QBism reframes science by placing the observer at the heart of quantum reality.
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People who die by suicide are more likely to have reduced levels of the NPAS4 gene, which helps regulate inflammation in the brain.
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Jotform CEO Aytekin Tank explains how he successfully embraced and deployed AI.
The Milky Way, a galaxy in space filled with stars, grew up.
Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is both completely normal and absolutely remarkable in a number of ways. Here's the story of our cosmic home.
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Five new places scientists have uncovered plastics.
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Millennia ago, philosophers like Anaximander grasped that nature is the ultimate recycler.
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Want to get ahead at work? It ain’t what you say, it’s the way that you say it — and adaptability is essential.
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On the largest cosmic scales, galaxies line up along filaments, with great clusters forming at their intersection. Here's how it took shape.
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Uncovering the story of Milan Hausner, the Sadská clinic, and LSD psychotherapy behind the Iron Curtain.
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Want to avoid getting "spaghettified" by a black hole? Steer clear of the smaller ones.
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Neuroscience supports the notion that an escape from conventional perspectives can be a gateway to spectacular insights.
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Astronomers claim to have found structures so large, they shouldn't exist. With such biased, incomplete observations, perhaps they don't.
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College students once stood out from the pack on IQ tests. Today, they're about average.
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The innovative investor and entrepreneur deals out advice for anyone looking to follow in his footsteps.
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Here in our Solar System, we only have one star: a singlet. For many systems, including the highest-mass ones, that's anything but the norm.
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One dose of ibogaine was shown to dramatically reduce depression and PTSD.
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There is a cross-country correlation between democracy and health. Is there good evidence to suggest it is causal?
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From AI to health and the metaverse, this year's CES promised new tech that will change lives long after the excitement of the latest TV wears off.