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In-depth research suggests BDSM practitioners can experience altered states of consciousness that can be therapeutic.
Even tyrants and despots offer wisdom worth heeding.
Despite overall increase over the past 20 years, share of women in science and engineering falls in some European countries
NASA’s SOFIA mission is upgraded and back in action, and the Cigar Galaxy makes a perfect target. In theory, cold, neutral gas is the key to stars and galaxies. A visualization […]
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From baboon hierarchies to the mind-gut connection, the path to defeating depression starts with understanding its causes.
Being a small piece of a large experiment is vital to the enterprise of science. Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work as a small (but vital) part of […]
A new study found the possible reason why some dwarf galaxies appear to not have dark matter.
Scientists with the the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Legacy Imaging Surveys spent six years creating a detailed map of more than 1 billion galaxies.
While other factors exist, sexual prowess appears to have helped determine the role of Protoceratops frills.
Robot developers adapt the behavior of worm "blobs".
Are dark matter and dark energy both two sides of the same coin? When it comes to the Universe, what you can easily see isn’t always reflective of all there is. […]
Get the answer from two physicists who study black holes (albeit from a safe distance).
Artist Seán Doran recently created more than eight hours of high-definition video using images captured by Japan's SELENE lunar orbiter.
It's like a little magnetic "nom, nom."
The inevitable long, slow decline is accelerating, and there’s nothing we can do. The Universe, as it is today, is less active, is forming fewer stars, and is creating fewer chances […]
A new model of plate tectonics offers a chance to look back a billion years with new found accuracy.
Why do we deprive students of the historical and cultural context of science?
Science was never the same after meeting ‘the particle who lived.’ Back in the early 1930s, there were only a few known fundamental particles that made up the Universe. If you […]