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Test post for YT video in lead media and for slideshow with JWPlayer videos People wait for the sun to go down to view Mars at the Chabot Space and […]
What does it take to tackle a multifaceted problem?
Voter turnout in the United States is pretty low compared to other industrialized countries. While the 2016 US presidential election saw a 56% turnout rate, the 2017 general election in […]
The 71-year-old author suggests replacing the adjective "amazing" with something more "pungent & specific".
Emotion has an impact on the decision-making process.
Is microdosing magic truffles a way to unlock your creative potential? That's long been anecdotal, but the evidence is coming.
A French study of nearly 70,000 people yielded startling results for two forms of cancer.
With so much emphasis on mothers, turns out fathers have to be equally vigilant in their habits.
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Maybe we should stop worrying about what happens after we die, and make the best of what we have on earth right now.
From newborn planets to entire galaxies, we’re seeing the Universe as never before. The idea of a modern telescope is simple: collect light from a distant object, at high resolution, and […]
Future or extraterrestrial civilizations could create megastructures the size of a solar system.
In a first, I have gone full-astrophysics for Halloween this year. In all its golden glory, I have put together a James Webb Space Telescope costume this year, complete with […]
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Assigning human values and morals to wild animals will only end in heartbreak. And possible necrophilia.
The friendly side of North Korea. Men at sea, dancing! Monty Python, of course, and more!
There may be a fundamental reason why time travel, backwards, is impossible. We’ve all had the dream of traveling back in time. Whether there’s a wrong we want to right, […]
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These psychological principles can make you more resilient.
Extravagant plans to build Titanic II, a replica of the original White Star Line ship, are back in circulation.
Are we doomed?
Nasal inhalation may help us retain olfactory memories longer.
A neuroscientist argues that da Vinci shared a disorder with Picasso and Rembrandt.