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It may be old tech, but it's super-reliable.
Most people seem to enjoy liberalism and its spin offs, but what is it exactly? Where did the idea come from?
How long should one wait until an idea like string theory, seductive as it may be, is deemed unrealistic?
‘Reductio ad absurdum’ won’t help you in an absurd Universe. Throughout history, there have been two main ways humanity has attempted to gain knowledge about the world: top-down, where we […]
The vaccine will shorten the "shedding" time.
The more you donate, the greater your chances.
For democracy to prosper in the long term, we need more people to reach higher levels of education.
What happens when simulation theory becomes more than a fascinating thought experiment?
Their ear structures were not that different from ours.
Using atoms to probe the Universe reveals the complete Standard Model. If you wanted to uncover the secrets of the Universe for yourself, all you’d have to do is interrogate […]
Light-emitting tattoos could indicate dehydration in athletes or health conditions in hospital patients.
Learn to whip up some of the most popular cocktails — from classic mojitos to white chocolate and coconut martinis.
Starling flocks, schools of fish, and clouds of insects all agree.
One bill hopes to repeal the crime of selling sex and expand social services; the other would legalize the entire sex trade.
And if they could, would they care, asks philosopher John Gray in his new book.
By the end of the decade, we may discover one million black holes. A large enough mass in a compact volume inevitably forms a black hole. Both inside and outside the […]
A physicist creates an AI algorithm that predicts natural events and may prove the simulation hypothesis.
How different people react to threats of violence.
Beyond making up 70% of the world's health workers, women researchers have been at the cutting edge of coronavirus research.