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Research shows how "aha moments" affect the brain and cause the evolution of creativity.
And what role, if any, does gravity play? While most of us have never had the opportunity to go into space, we all have the chance to dream about it and […]
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If you're right all the time, you're probably doing something wrong.
The changes in brain structure aren't the only bodily changes caused by zero gravity.
What worked in 2019 is dead, says Chris Fussell, former Navy SEAL and president of leadership consulting firm McChrystal Group.
Couples that handle sexual rejection well can improve their relationship, but persistent or hostile patterns of rejection are never healthy.
Thankfully, there are ways to combat mental and physical fatigue, even in isolation.
Small sample size? No underlying theory? Conflicts with all other results? It checks all the boxes. There’s nothing that’s special, on a cosmic scale, about our place in the Universe. Not […]
Famously, it took Edison over one thousand attempts to successfully create the lightbulb.
AutoML-Zero is a proof-of-concept project that suggests the future of machine learning may be machine-created algorithms.
These pink feathered folk form complex social networks and are choosy about who they spend their time with, according to a new study.
There are three factors all competing to determine the fate of the Earth, and the one that’s winning now won’t win in the end. If you could measure the average distance […]
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Playing it safe and always taking the easy road can be obstacles to happiness, says professional adventurer Erling Kagge.
He's also credited by some as having coined the phrase "user-friendly."
Some Americans are fearful of government control and awash in conspiracy theories.
Colleges and universities can continue to ignore what the market wants, or they can get in the game and differentiate with new on-ground and online pathways to employment-centric education.
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In his new book, "The Wedge," Scott Carney tests the boundaries of human resilience.
What subjects and ideas do you discuss with your friends when you see them?
A recent clinical trial in Brazil highlights the dangers of two potential COVID-19 treatments: chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.
When you look at the Universe in an entirely new way, you sometimes find what you could never have anticipated. Almost exactly one year ago today, the Event Horizon Telescope […]