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Predatory dinosaurs with big skulls tend to have tiny arms. Researchers propose there might be a direct link between those traits.
We often laugh at inappropriate things, but not when we are emotionally invested. Laughter cannot be serious. So, can we ever laugh at death?
Should men be doing kegels?
With its very first deep-field view of the Universe now released, the James Webb Space Telescope has shown us our cosmos as never before.
“I thought, why not direct these high-power beams, instead of into fusion plasma, down into rock and vaporize the hole?”
Flies are in no way smart, but they experience time in an almost Matrix-like fashion.
Some ozone experts seriously doubt the findings.
When you're a genius, how do you make ends meet?
The role of the Devil’s advocate was to argue against the beatification of mystics. Contrary to popular belief, they did not wear Prada.
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What inequality and populism look like in the brain, according to a neuroscientist.
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The James Webb Space Telescope has chosen 5 targets for its first science release. Here's what we know on the eve of JWST's big reveal!
Really simple interventions can greatly reduce indoor temperatures during the summer, particularly in places like the Pacific Northwest.
Scuba divers often appear to be swimming through a calm and muffled universe. This couldn't be farther from the truth.
A new finding that unconsciously processed images are distributed to higher-order brain networks requires the revision of a popular theory of consciousness.
Aptera expects to begin delivering its solar-powered car later in 2022.
It is all too easy for humans to fall into the cognitive trap of thinking that an entity that can use language fluently is sentient or intelligent.
Long before tobacco arrived from the Americas, ancient civilizations in the Old World were getting high off hemp smoke and opium.
From ibuprofen to fentanyl, it’s about meeting the pain where it’s at.
One might think that people who started poor and became rich might be more sensitive to the plights of the poor. Not so, suggests a new study.
It might seem like science and faith are at war, but the two have a historical synergy that extends back in time for centuries.
John Templeton Foundation