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Once numbering just 27 birds, the global population of California condors is now in the hundreds.
Beautiful people really know how to catch a break.
There are an estimated two trillion galaxies within the observable Universe. Most are already unreachable, and the situation only gets worse.
The language you speak plays an important role in how you evaluate truth.
OCD and addiction may result in part from improper “reward” pathways in the brain. Ultrasound can disrupt those pathways.
Your brain is remarkably good at mapping out physical spaces — even if it's an imaginary space like Hogwarts. But how does the brain do it?
Scientists ranked countries on their end-of-life care. The U.S. fared poorly.
When reading critiques that inflate the uncertainty of science, ask these 7 questions.
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Philosophers have been making the claim that free will is an illusion for hundreds of years. Dr. Uri Maoz shares what modern neuroscience has to say about it.
John Templeton Foundation
Most things in the world can be seen in surprisingly different ways.
Hubble's deepest views of space revealed fewer than 10% of the Universe's galaxies. James Webb will change that forever.
The first personality tests revolved around assessing people’s reactions to ambiguous and often unsettling images. Today, the gold standard is a barrage of questions.
Shooting star or piece of space dust?
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This man did over 150 drugs to help teach others how to use them safely.
Stockholm Syndrome is the most famous of 10 psychological disorders named after world cities. Most relate to tourism or hostage-taking.
The decline of global poverty is one of the most important achievements in history, but the end of poverty is still very far away.
This flying car — more properly called an "electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle"
— will seat five and fly up to 135 mph.
People around the world, mostly Generation Z, are obsessed with the look and feel of gothic, elitist universities. Why?
It has been 50 years since an American has claimed the title of World Chess Champion. Will it ever happen again?
Impressive but deadly physics underlie catastrophic eruptions.