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First drawn in 1935, Hu Line illustrates persistent demographic split – how Beijing deals with it will determine the country's future.
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Technology of the future is shaped by the questions we ask and the ethical decisions we make today.
Cow cuddling is getting ever more popular, but what's the science behind using animals for relaxation?
Millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine could be distributed as early as this week.
How does philosophy try to balance having free will with living in a deterministic universe?
"The Expanse" is the best vision I've ever seen of a space-faring future that may be just a few generations away.
Anti-human business practices deteriorate their charges, and there’s perhaps no greater warning of this end result than the life of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel. Nobel invented dynamite in 1867 with […]
If everything eventually dies and decays, is there a way to prolong the inevitable? Our Universe, as it exists today, puts us in an incredibly privileged position. Had we come […]
Contrary to what some might think, the brain is a very plastic organ.
By 2050, there may be more plastic than fish in the sea.
Trained dogs can detect cancer and other diseases by smell. Could a device do the same?
Their goal is a digital model of the Earth that depicts climate change in all of its complexity.
Remedies must honor the complex social dynamics of adolescence.
What makes something a hit or a flop? Sit and ponder that one, and you’ll find it’s a stumper. At first, the answer seems obvious: popularity. That’s not quite right […]
A black woman most have never heard of made GPS possible. Over the span of a single lifetime, the world has changed in ways that would have been virtually unimaginable […]
In May 2018, the city of Paris set an ambition to be carbon-neutral by 2050.
The results could help NASA's Perseverance rover find evidence of ancient life on Mars.
While not the first such minister, the loneliness epidemic in Japan will make this one the hardest working.
MIT professor Azra Akšamija creates works of cultural resilience in the face of social conflict.
Do they really need the human touch?