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Could medical detection animals smell coronavirus?
Study confirms the existence of a special kind of groupthink in large groups.
For many, 2020 will not be remembered as a “best of” much. We don’t need to repeat the reasons here; it’s sufficient to point out that a 100-year pandemic was […]
Northwell Health is using insights from website traffic to forecast COVID-19 hospitalizations two weeks in the future.
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In 2020, we experienced the shortest ‘day’ in 50 years. Here’s the reason why. On the timescales that humans experience, there are lots of things that we consider to be extremely […]
A fairly old idea, but a really good one, is about to hit the store shelves.
There are many things on large scales that also appear on small scales. But is the Universe truly a fractal? If you take a look at the structures that form in […]
Imagine Heraclitus spending an afternoon down by the river…
Researchers discover that cancer cells go into hibernation to avoid chemotherapy effects.
The attack on the Capitol forces us to confront an existential question about privacy.
This small-scale study may have uncovered a new link between the peripheral nerve system and autism.
The expansion rate is dropping, but distant galaxies are accelerating. Here’s how. If you take a look at any galaxy in the Universe that isn’t gravitationally bound to our own, we’ve […]
Traces of heroin and cocaine have been found in the tartar of 19th-century Dutch farmers.
Learn how to practice "self-indifference."
A new study on mice showed that ginger may counter certain autoimmune disorders such as lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome.
University of Tokyo scientists observe predicted quantum biochemical effects on cells.
For the cosmos, it’s all too easy being green. Stars come in a wide variety of colors, but never green. Stars form in a wide variety of sizes, colors and masses, […]
The smallest and faintest stars of all, even the failed stars that didn’t make it, are hiding some fascinating secrets. You might have thought that if we were going to […]
A powerful new tool lights up the brains of worms, and may soon help draw maps of other animals brains.