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Left–Right, Back–Forth, Up–Down. What’s the fourth dimension?
Innovative thinking has done away with problems that long dogged the electric devices — and both scientists and environmentalists are excited about the possibilities.
Along with gravitational lensing and ALMA's incredible long-wavelength spectroscopy, JWST is reshaping our view of the early Universe.
Adopting a healthy scepticism towards inherited ideas means “emptying the container of the Self.”
One of Jetoptera's VTOLs is expected to reach speeds of around 614 mph, about as fast as a commercial jet airliner.
New blood types are regularly discovered by an unusual absence or an unusual presence — both of which can result in tragedy.
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Humans are musical animals four million years in the making, explained by music expert Michael Spitzer.
Disease kills off 40% of farmed catfish. This gene protects them.
Your breathing rhythm influences a wide range of behaviors, cognition, and emotion.
Researchers watched for signs of withdrawal — but didn't find any.
Compared to people who took a placebo, the brains of those who took caffeine pills had a temporarily smaller gray matter volume.
"It is more human to laugh at life than to lament it."
Out of sight, but not out of mind.
Entrenched business wisdom says that community-led economic systems are pure fantasy. Douglas Rushkoff disagrees.
The right questions are those sparked from the joy of discovery.
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How the Big Bang gave us time, explained by theoretical physicist.
When you bring two fingers together, you can feel them "touch" each other. But are your atoms really touching, and if so, how?
There might be a hard limit to our knowledge of the Universe.
What we've learning from the world’s coldest, most forbidding, and most peaceful continent.
Personal finance advice is often over-simplified and fails to consider economic research or people’s unique circumstances.
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