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This small-scale study may have uncovered a new link between the peripheral nerve system and autism.
The expansion rate is dropping, but distant galaxies are accelerating. Here’s how. If you take a look at any galaxy in the Universe that isn’t gravitationally bound to our own, we’ve […]
Traces of heroin and cocaine have been found in the tartar of 19th-century Dutch farmers.
Learn how to practice "self-indifference."
A new study on mice showed that ginger may counter certain autoimmune disorders such as lupus and antiphospholipid syndrome.
University of Tokyo scientists observe predicted quantum biochemical effects on cells.
For the cosmos, it’s all too easy being green. Stars come in a wide variety of colors, but never green. Stars form in a wide variety of sizes, colors and masses, […]
The smallest and faintest stars of all, even the failed stars that didn’t make it, are hiding some fascinating secrets. You might have thought that if we were going to […]
A powerful new tool lights up the brains of worms, and may soon help draw maps of other animals brains.
How close are we to human teleportation? Successes in quantum teleportation experiments abound.
Nihilism is not a choice or intellectual commitment, but a feeling that simply arrives.
The corporate word-stock suffers no shortage of overworked metaphors. We drill down to find low hanging fruit, and despite lots of moving parts obscuring our window of opportunity, we mustn’t […]
It’s 92 billion light-years wide after just 13.8 billion years. And that’s just fine. If there’s one rule that people know about how fast things can move, it’s that there’s a […]
Previous research suggesting it's all about prolactin may be missing the mark.
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The AI constitution can mean the difference between war and peace—or total extinction.
For centuries, universities have advanced humanity toward truth. Professor Jonathan Haidt speaks to why college campuses are suddenly heading in the opposite direction.
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A new survey shows who believes what and how it differs from what Americans believe as a whole.
Porcine gene edits may allow such transplants without rejection.
Valles Marineris on Mars is 10 times longer and three times deeper than Earth's Grand Canyon.