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We are wired to value things more when we work hard at attaining them — even if, objectively, they aren't worth that much.
In December 2022, a company called BioAge Labs published findings on a drug that worked to prevent muscular atrophy, or the loss of muscle strength and mass, in older people.
See the world through the eyes of a horse — or a cake pan.
Thanks to protocols established centuries ago in Europe, world leaders no longer need to worry about having their heads bashed with an axe.
The pursuit of excellence is a noble goal — but constantly having to prove your self-worth can derail your plans for success.
All matter particles can act as waves, and massless light waves show particle-like behavior. Can gravitational waves also be particle-like?
The clash of academic archaeology and what might be called folk archaeology comes into stark focus at Stonehenge.
We need a hypothesis that accounts for both the fine-tuning of physics for life but also the arbitrariness and gratuitous suffering we find in the world.
Artificial intelligence can forecast the behavior of viruses and quickly make vaccines to thwart them.
The combined intellectual heft of multiple “big thinkers” delivered arguably the most successful scientific theory in history.
Survivorship bias occurs when we fail to consider how data was collected. To combat this, search for the "silent evidence."
With JWST, Chandra, and gravitational lensing combined, evidence has emerged for the earliest black hole ever. And wow, is it a surprise!
Antioxidant vitamins don’t stress us like plants do—and don’t have their beneficial effect.
"Precarious manhood" is the belief that manhood must be earned and constantly defended. It has a poor outcome.
A cure may be on the horizon.
What do ghosts and anomalous galaxy rotation rates have in common? Some sci-fi enthusiasts believe the answer involves "parallel universes."
“Feedback is a gift,” is an easy bumper sticker to apply, but a harder philosophy to put into execution in your real life.
Sometimes, going "deeper" doesn't reveal the answers you seek. By viewing more Universe with better precision, ESA's Euclid mission shines.
Morning, afternoon, or night: When is the best time to exercise? Scientists have extensively studied this question. Here's what they found.
The reported supremacy of generative AI over human brain-power in business ideation depends on how you define “better.”