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Historical analyses reveal that crises almost always yield surprising benefits.
"Downward counterfactual thinking" — that is, imagining how things could be worse — is a quick and easy way to boost your well-being and gratitude.
Leftover Cold War-era bunkers are still kept in a state of readiness to protect the population from nuclear war.
The word “turkey” can refer to everything from the bird itself to a populous Eurasian country to movie flops.
Vanadium dioxide is a strange material that "remembers" information and when it was stored. This is akin to biological memory.
It weakens the bacteria so that the immune system can destroy it.
Airports are like mini-cities: they have places of worship, policing, hotels, fine dining, shopping, and mass transit.
The findings contradict a widespread belief.
The potential new drug is in a class of its own, as it works differently than any other antidepressant on the market.
Metabolism and mitochondrial functioning seem to have far more to do with mental health than many people might expect.
The dating pool is small — no pun intended.
Mindfulness, detachment, selecting off-time activities with care: Here are evidence-based strategies to achieve healthy work-life balance.
The Universe is 13.8 billion years old, going back to the hot Big Bang. But was that truly the beginning, and is that truly its age?
It is humanity's biggest step yet into the Solar System.
The history of money is a history of convenience, and spending has never been easier than it is today.
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Is science for everyone, or just the morally upright?
There's the textbook answer, then there's the real answer.
After cryptoassets, a wave of central bank digital currencies is set to revolutionize our ideas about what money is and how to manage it.