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And does it have its own type of charge, like all the other forces? “Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner […]
Companies are making information security a greater priority, throwing billions into departments involved. But is all that money enough to protect us from an attack?
Almost a century after its dissolution, two hilarious anecdotes are the Free State's main legacy.
Juvenile incarceration isn't just a minor sentence. Researchers have found it sets off a chain reaction that follows them into adulthood.
Telecommuting breeds bad habits. It's a good idea to adopt a schedule replete with forays out into the sunlight, as work breaks boost productivity.
The Universe was 99.999999% Hydrogen and Helium after the Big Bang. Billions of years later, there’s a new contender in town. “When it comes to atoms, language can be used […]
Research suggests jokey explanations will help little ones laugh, which will help them learn.
Researchers find extroverts are too distracted with their social lives to go green.
A recent New York Times op-ed advocating for student loan default has elicited a bevy of critical responses.
Your brain has a smart filter that pushes out irrelevant data so we can be unburdened from remembering.
Live long and prosper...and try not to hit us, please.
One potential solution is to continually freeze and unfreeze an organ in such a way that ice will never form.
The FDA has until the end of the summer to pass a decision as to whether or not flibanserin is safe for the consumer market. Emotions are high and many women would do anything for even a small improvement in their sex lives.
Emerson championed individualism and critiqued the countervailing pressures of society.
Pets are adorable. But our love for pets produces some very un-adorable facts. For example, in the U.S. alone there are 70 million stray dogs and cats, and of them […]
The Daily Table, a new Boston grocery store from the ex-president of Trader Joe's, sells nearly expired food items at a steep discount.
Who says wearable technology can't be classy? A company called Italian Tailored Technology is currently crowdfunding the production of a sharp-looking jacket that doubles as a secret agent toolkit.
Meditating on unethical acts may help in making better, more ethical decisions in the future, and, as a result, help you sleep at night and allow you to look at yourself in the mirror.
The first evidence that shows how your lifestyle could alter your child's genes and their children's genes has appeared.