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Fluphenazine, once used to treat schizophrenia, is capable of blocking a compound connected to chronic pain.
The artifacts were often made from found objects – an Ivory dish-soap bottle transformed into an earthenware figure.
Americans are more willing to put the greater good above their own interests today than in the 1950s.
On New Year's Eve 1899, the captain of this Pacific steamliner sailed into history. Or did he?
From politics to culture, we blame “tribalism” for humanity’s problems. This explanation is entirely wrong.
John Templeton Foundation
A medical entomologist points to metabolism, body odor, and mindset.
Meaningful pictures are assembled from meaningless noise.
The theory is accurate within at least one part in a quadrillion.
No matter what physical system we consider, nature always obeys the same fundamental laws. Must it be this way, and if so, why?
Since our arrival, humans have driven a seven-fold drop in the mass of wild land mammals.
When you hold yourself financially accountable, you’re likely to gain more than just some extra money.
Million Stories
The new agency wants to push the boundaries of science and technology.
How drugs, demons, and the search for immortality gave us words we use everyday.
Successful forgers are remembered as great conmen, not artists. This is strange, considering their forgeries fooled even the most seasoned critics.
The James Webb Space Telescope viewed Neptune, our Solar System's final planet, for the first time. Here's what we saw, and what it means.
Gamification, minimalist design, using AI to track behavior — this article dives into these and other key ways to optimize an eLearning strategy.
Synthetic biology has the power to cure and kill. Have we learned from our past mistakes?
Just as human beings diversified so that people in Asia look different from people in Europe, so too did their microbiomes.
Instead of liberation, the sexual revolution has led some people, particularly men, to be addicted to porn.
If you don't mourn in North Korea, you risk being executed.