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Technology is an important tool, but it will take an ecosystem of educators, students, and caregivers to make the most of it.
Two Williams pioneered geological mapping in Britain and the United States – but the world only remembers one.
Another study confirms the positive effects of psychedelics on mental health.
In 2006, the IAU demoted Pluto. Here’s what we know today. In 2006, the last planet in our Solar System suffered an unforgettable insult, as Pluto — known for generations as our ninth […]
A philosopher's guide to detecting nonsense and getting around it.
Acorn woodpecker battles over prized territory are serious business.
You actually score worse on memory tests.
Less than 1% of all venture capital funding in the US is given to Black entrepreneurs. Now is the time for that to change.
Estonia has combined a belief in learning with equal-access technology to create one of world's best education systems.
Is indulging in erotic content good or bad for your sex life?
Forgetting them, at any step, can lead to unscientific conclusions. No one, not even the smartest among us, were competent scientists from the outset. The concept of science is simple […]
The drive would provide enough thrust for a spacecraft to travel near the speed of light using only electricity, says physicist Jim Woodward.
It's the largest black hole merger ever observed by scientists.
A new study used artificial intelligence to analyze relationship data from thousands of couples.
The view is different for each of us, but this perspective unites us all. From anywhere on Earth, the entire sky rotates a full 360° every 24 hours. From Earth, star […]
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Leaning too far in either direction is a recipe for stagnation and perhaps even failure.
Six in 10 people say poor mental health impacts their concentration at work.
COVID-19 is a tragedy of the commons.
This medieval-themed meme highlights a shady yet all too common rhetorical move people make in arguments.
If they have mass, then why don’t we see any slow-moving ones? For decades, the neutrino was among the most puzzling and elusive of cosmic particles. It took more than […]