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chronic back pain
The secret to alleviating chronic back pain may be to treat psychological issues like anxiety and repressed emotions.
hans holbein
The German artist painted death as it appeared in life – omnipresent and hidden in plain sight.
AI music
AI tried to write music. It wasn’t exactly The Beatles.
cassowaries
Often called modern-day dinosaurs, cassowaries are one of only a few birds known to have killed humans.
dark energy
If we were born trillions of years in the future, could we even figure out our cosmic history?
german election
After the German election, will the nation continue to "muddle through" successfully enough to lead Europe?
existential threat
Civilization is facing an existential threat from climate change. Will we humans make it? Does anyone in the universe make it?
Ryan Holiday
In his new book "Courage is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave," Ryan Holiday explores the virtue of courage and how to overcome fear.
This might help you make it to the end of Herman Melville’s 19th century classic.
A reconstruction of the head of Ötzi the Iceman.
A 5,300-year-old mummy teaches us the global history of tattoos.
ultrarunning
Ultrarunning is a celebration of living and a rehearsal of dying all rolled up in a single intense experience.
mental wellness
Popular diets view health as a calorie-crunching equation while excluding a critical variable: mental wellness.
Meteorite
The unconventional method could help astronomers better track meteorites that fall during the daytime.
multiverse
If there really is another version of you out there in a parallel universe, what can that teach us about reality?
A giant space rock demolished an ancient city, illustrated here by a crater
Shocked city dwellers who stared at it were blinded instantly, then the entire city caught fire.
stone camels
The stone camel sculptures, seven in total and originally uncovered back in 2018, far predate more famous monuments.
chernobyl
The cause of the recent uptick in radiation is unknown, but speculation about another catastrophe at Chernobyl is hyperbolic.