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The simulation gave researchers some of the first concrete data linking climate change to human evolution and speciation.
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Why are we here? What is everything made of? This theoretical physicist says science isn’t the right way to answer these questions.
John Templeton Foundation
Everything that gets heated up has to, somehow, radiate that energy away. Here's what we see when that happens in the Universe.
Many contemporary composers live in the shadow of Bach and Beethoven, even though they’re just as interesting to listen to.
For a thousand light-years in all directions, there's a "bubble" that the Sun sits at the center of. Here's the story behind it.
A new wave of preventative cancer vaccines are set to begin trials.
What if death isn’t the end? NDEs may complicate what science teaches us about death and consciousness.
The same technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines may enable the first damage-reversing heart attack cure.
Europa may be difficult to access. But if a recent study is correct, its subsurface ocean would be more accessible than previously thought.
A study finds prescription medications and dangerous unlisted ingredients in ordinary supplements.
The so-called "court painter of Silicon Valley" was shaped by her youth in communist Poland but looks forward to a future ruled by celebrity robots.
SIDS deaths have decreased worldwide, but research has yet to solve this medical mystery.
Mathematics and religion both embody awe-inspiring, eternal truths.
John Templeton Foundation
Best-selling author Todd Rose reveals how most Americans share common aspirations for the country.
Stand Together
Meet the power plant of the future.
Probably not. Even though we're still investigating the origin of life, the evidence suggests that cells came much later.
If secrets are a kind of poison, confession is the antidote.
