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NASA scientists are sifting through some of the last transmissions from Cassini. And what they’re finding are kittens. You read that right.
AI has not only beat chess, Go, and Jeopardy champions, but now it has defeated some of the world's best poker players. And unlike chess or Go, playing poker involves unknown information like bluffing.
It’s currently billions of tonnes of fossil fuels every year. With new (or existing!) technologies, we could literally change the world. “In terms of weapons, the best disarmament tool so far […]
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From the depth of the AIDS crisis, a new community discovered itself and defeated victimhood.
Is atheism on the rise, or is religion? At times we hear polls claiming both, but new research shows it's not that simple.
The findings have implications for both men and women.
If you think we’ve seen all there is to see in the Universe, you’re about to have your imagination unlocked. “Hubble often takes images of distant gravitationally lensed galaxies to […]
About 51 million people around the world suffer from schizophrenia, yet half of the general public doesn’t understand what schizophrenia really is
A Midwestern university has created a first-of-its-kind program in medicinal plant chemistry that focuses on marijuana.
The psychedelic drug LSD is still popular. But how dangerous is it?
A major Silicon Valley company is funding a trial of Universal Basic Income in the U.S.
The US island territory of Puerto Rico, recently devastated by category 4 hurricane Maria, remains without electricity.
Many businesses could benefit from applying the principles of design thinking to their work. However, too many businesses focus on the wrong things when they use design thinking, which can […]
The US Navy will begin swapping out expensive periscope joysticks in exchange for off-the-shelf Xbox controllers.
How location, temperature and moisture create the world's biomes
Do your meetings and brainstorms always end with a pile of decimated ideas? Learn to overcome negativity bias and obstructive tendencies.
You've heard that "perception is reality." Well, it's not. It might even be a hallucination.
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Don't settle for comfortable and familiar thoughts, reach for what you don't know, says Harvard professor Stephen Greenblatt.
The off-kilter war of words between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un reminds us of better, funnier insults.
There was a silver lining for patients who have heart disease or diabetes.