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Functional complex systems arise from functional simple systems. Failing to heed this advice can and will lead to disaster.
Debate is a verbal sport with winners and losers. As such, it is less about the truth and more about who looks and sounds the best.
For thousands of years, we puzzled at how far away the Moon was. Today we know its distance, at any time, to within millimeters.
A philosophical debate spanning creation, free will, and a sneaky teapot.
Boys are four times as likely as girls to develop autism. Girls are nearly twice as likely to experience depression. The immune system may be a player in these and other brain-health disparities.
Dante’s epic journey through hell and heaven reveal how the poet felt about his own country.
It's like combining Google Translate with a time machine.
We all spend way too much time worrying what other people think of us — it’s time to cut loose.
When you turn a map of East Asia upside down, Beijing’s geographic constraints and regional ambitions become much clearer.
You become the main protagonist in these novels.
While Saturn and its moons all appear faint and cloudy to JWST, Saturn's rings are the star of the show. Here's the big scientific reason.
Lost in a building or underwater? A new muon-based navigation system could be your guide.
Over the past two decades, the proportion of those who identify as bisexual increased from 1.2% to 4.5%.
Retatrutide, Eli Lilly's innovative "triple g" drug, is setting new standards in the fight against obesity.
A marine reptile fossil from Svalbard challenges ideas about evolution and Earth’s greatest mass extinction.
Quantum physics is starting to show up in unexpected places. Indeed, it is at work in animals, plants, and our own bodies.
For better and worse, the Columbian Exchange plugged the Americas into the global system — and there was no going back.
The crisis of the Anthropocene challenges our traditional narratives and myths about humanity's place in the world. Citizen science can help.
John Templeton Foundation
Since 2012, the amount of time that teenagers spend socializing in person has plummeted. Is it a coincidence that depression is more common?
