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Our impulse to seek out agreement is stifling us, says world debate champion Bo Seo.
Every proton contains three quarks: two up and one down. But charm quarks, heavier than the proton itself, have been found inside. How?
It’s an agricultural moonshot: Scientists hope to increase plant yields by hacking photosynthesis, the process that powers life on Earth.
Nearshoring may be the manufacturing model of the future.
Million Stories
When organized effectively, peer mentoring programs can offer substantial benefits for organizations and their employees.
A concept known as "wave-particle duality" famously applies to light. But it also applies to all matter — including you.
Dead whales inspire a way to find extraterrestrial life on Mars.
A vitamin that makes your body repellent to mosquitos sounds too good to be true, because it is.
Its implications go well beyond the Earth itself, affecting even the future of space travel.
Retired astronaut Ron Garan believes that before we can begin solving our problems, we must understand our interrelatedness through the "orbital perspective."
The research could aid the development of more effective treatments for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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What astronaut Ron Garan saw in space changed his life forever – here’s what it taught him.
Nuclear fusion has long been seen as the future of energy. As the NIF now passes the breakeven point, how close are we to our ultimate goal?
The most important events in history have nothing to do with politics or wars.
Sight helps you see a room, but interoception lets you sense it from inside your own body.
Toxoplasmosis, which results from a chance encounter with a cougar and the parasite it carries, can push a wolf to seek alpha status.
If you gave me $400 and I gave you $3.15, would you consider yourself wealthier? That's a financial analogy for the supposed fusion power "breakthrough."
We all see beauty the same way.
The popular game has a backstory rife with segregation, inequality, intellectual theft, and outlandish political theories.