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It’s the first time magnetoreception has been discovered in animals, researchers claim.
It's the most popular class of all time at the university—and it's now available free of charge.
The survey asked whether people had deleted Facebook, whether they’d pay for service, and whether they’d been using it less since the scandal broke.rn
A new coating material has been developed for fighting healthcare-associated infections (HAI) using overhead lighting. It’s a new coating for hospital walls and surfaces that uses quantum dots and crystal violet to kill germs.
This detailed infographic shows the path of Mark Zuckerberg's life.
Training enables growth for employees across any number of industries. Employees who receive training tend to perform better than those who receive no training and also tend to feel more […]
In the aftermath of everything we’ve learned about what’s in the Universe, we can make much better estimates of how many alien civilizations are out there. In 1961, scientist Frank Drake […]
The Saudi blockade of its tiny neighbour Qatar could soon change the very geography of the region.
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What is liberal America's big, and possibly fatal, mistake? Failing to recognize its own extremists.
God, guns, sex, and mutually exclusive concepts of liberty. The Way Brothers' Netflix docuseries Wild, Wild Country tells a story that's about as American as it gets.
The idea that we learn better when taught via our preferred modality or “learning style” – such as visually, orally, or by doing – is not supported by evidence.
The study examines students at a secondary school in Singapore, which leads the world in Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) rankings.
Researchers believe it’ll interweave the internet, A.I., and the human brain in a way that will create a “second self.”
While it might seem obvious, some business leaders need the reminder that their employees are people with spirits and energy that need to be nurtured. However, according to Duke University […]
And thanks to a new technique and set of observations, we think we know exactly where to find them. At the center of practically every galaxy is a supermassive black hole, […]
You already get all the vitamins you need on your dinner plate.
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Where will you work in the future? As automation revs its engine, we may have overlooked a vast middle ground where human intelligence and machine intelligence collaborate.
The suicide rate goes up in spring and summer—not winter as many believe—and studies suggest a link between immune-system inflammation from pollen and seasonal depression.