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Before the war, medical experts treated the body as a sum of its parts. Conditions like wound shock and brain damage called for a change in perspective.
Researchers have discovered 830-million-year-old microbes living inside a salt rock on Earth. Could the same occur on Mars?
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You can learn things 250% faster by unlocking your ‘flow state.’
Wind energy is one of the cleanest, greenest sources of power. But could it have the sneaky side-effect of changing the weather?
Privateers pillaged British merchant ships in the name of liberty — and profit.
Best in class: Denmark and Uruguay. Worst in class: Papua New Guinea, Venezuela, and Russia.
Wyoming's roads are nine times deadlier than Ireland's. California's road safety is on par with Romania's.
Peer coaching can play a key role in building resilient, high-performing teams, while allowing remote workers to connect with one another from afar.
There is nothing more important to science than its ability to prove ideas wrong.
Like some cold poison creeping up our veins, there's a frisson in the stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe.
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The US reduced smoking rates from 50% to 15% with a simple habit hack.
John Templeton Foundation
Humans who've lived through the same events often remember them differently. Could quantum physics be responsible?
Here's your gateway to enjoying the best of literature.
A new study of Martian dust gives insights into the ancient Martian climate. The findings hint at a wetter world.
It's time to put on your listening hat.
At least 33 cities are sinking by more than 1 cm a year.
The plant-like sea creatures contain a molecule that improves memory, learning, and even hair quality, according to a new study in mice.
It has no moving parts and could allow us to tap into renewable energy year round.