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If the laws of physics are symmetrical as we think they are, then the Big Bang should have created matter and antimatter in the same amount.
The opening of jars, while impressive and often used to illustrate octopus intelligence, is not their most remarkable ability.
The guilt-free air conditioning, called "cooling paper," is made from recyclable paper and doesn't use any electricity.
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He's studied apes for 50 years – here's what most people get wrong.
Alzheimer's has proved difficult to treat. But solving the mystery of this ultra-rare frontotemporal dementia may unlock new understanding.
The rarest stars in the Universe are the ones we need the most to make humanity possible. Like everything in the Universe, stars are born, they live a little while, […]
Psychedelics have been shown to help reduce depression. This study may show us why.
In some countries, people want more freedom of speech. In others, they feel that there is too much.
These bizarre mollusks have the ability to regenerate their bodies and to absorb other organisms' attributes.
Your brain is bursting with ideas, and most of them are … weird. You only have to recall the wonderfully bonkers notions of your childhood. Like the time you wanted […]
When you view your right hand in a mirror, it appears as a left hand. Writing is reversed, as is the direction of any spinning object: clockwise becomes counterclockwise and […]
We live in a world dominated by science, but most people don't understand its most essential characteristic: establishing standards of evidence to keep us from getting fooled by our own biases and opinions.
Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West explains the science behind a unique hypothesis.
Brain-based technologies of spiritual enhancement can induce mystical experiences in many people on demand. What does this mean for spirituality today?
The new record-holder opens up a literal Universe full of possibilities. Someday, even our own Sun will eventually run out of hydrogen fuel in its core, bringing a tremendous set […]
We eat 50 billion chickens every year. Is there a better way?
Astronomers find a third type of supernova and explain a mystery from 1054 AD.
Discovering fossilized insects is difficult, but a new find suggests a unique place to look.
Planets are either rocky, like Earth, or gas-rich, like Neptune, with no in-between. What are the different types of planets that exist in the Universe? If all you could see […]
Most schools use a semester system, but a new study suggests that they should switch to quarters.