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Doctors may be missing fatal illnesses because medical textbooks are biased toward white skin.
According to the Standard Model, the leptons and antileptons should all be separate, independent particles from one another. But the three types of neutrino all mix together, indicating they must […]
There are many reasons why this could be true.
A new study enhanced color vision for individuals with the most common type of red-green color blindness.
Big Think's co-founder and CEO, Victoria Montgomery Brown, offers six pieces of advice to founders in her forthcoming book.
This is what happens when the fringe becomes mainstream.
For northern hemisphere skywatchers, it might just be the century’s best comet so far. Every once in a while, large, icy objects pass through the inner Solar System. C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) […]
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Addiction is not a moral failure. It is a learning disorder, and viewing it otherwise stops communities and policy makers from the ultimate goal: harm reduction.
Two remarkable etymological maps show twin forces at work throughout human history.
A colliding star may have triggered the drastic transformation.
If the idea of freedom bound Camus and Sartre philosophically, then the fight for justice united them politically.
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We're all guilty of it, but there are ways to curb your procrastination and be more productive.
A nasty disease might not be able to travel around much longer.
These alien-like creatures are virtually invisible in the deep sea.
The Sun, as its never been seen before.
The Silicon Valley titan has promised scholarships for its tech-focused certificate courses alongside $10 million in job training grants.
5 years ago, LIGO detected our first gravitational waves here on Earth. Next decade, LISA will start seeing them from space. When it comes to gravitational waves, our terrestrial laser interferometers […]
At a very simple level, it’s nothing but physics. Here’s why you should care. It’s not very often that a physics problem becomes a politicized issue, but that’s exactly what’s happened […]