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The false assumption the Multiverse relies on is that something which exists requires an explanation.
An upstart third party is unlikely to dislodge the status quo in the current system.
Social isolation, back pain, and screen fatigue getting you down?
Alzheimer’s disease is frightening, but the right combination of lifestyle choices can reduce your risk.
A clever neuroscience experiment shows that the "other-race effect" is likely due to a lack of experience and perceptual expertise rather than racism.
“The very best arguments against God have been formulated by believers.”
John Templeton Foundation
The game of Plinko perfectly illustrates chaos theory. Even with indistinguishable initial conditions, the outcome is always uncertain.
Cognitive fatigue results from thinking too hard and long. Neuroscientists now believe they know why this occurs.
Scientists turn to nature to improve a ubiquitous building material.
Short-termism is both rooted in our most primal instincts and encouraged by runaway technological development. How can we fight it?
Do aliens dream about meeting us, too?
He couldn't identify the numbers 2 through 9. But strangely, he could still see ones and zeros.
When scientists tested this hydrogel on mice, they had cleaner teeth than most humans.
We're still using 800,000 gallons of embalming fluid a year, but burials are becoming far less common.
For a time, Francis Fukuyama looked like a prophet.
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Some scientists see religion as a threat to the scientific method that should be resisted. But faith "is really asking a different set of questions," says Collins.
John Templeton Foundation
At their cores, stars can reach many millions or even billions of degrees. But even that doesn't touch the hottest of all.
Why, exactly, should you die for your child?
Americans on average consumed about 58 pounds of beef and veal in 2019 – compared with a global average of 14 pounds.