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The surprisingly simple treatment could prove promising for doctors and patients seeking to treat depression without medication.
On Sunday, a woman accused the Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault in an interview with the Washington Post.
It's all the rage right now after the Paleo and keto diet sensations took the world by storm. But is it healthy?
Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union created secret cities to house the scientists working in their nuclear weapons programs. Both nations went about this in very different ways and with very different, sometimes disastrous, results.
The other great spiral galaxy in the local group demonstrates why we’re #2, even in our own backyard. The Milky Way is our cosmic home, containing hundreds of billions of […]
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A seismic shake-up at a venerable literary gatekeeper. Shallow and not-so-shallow consumerism. The Paris Review's new editor on old ghosts, new voices, and what's worth keeping.
Of all the experiments performed and measurements made involving fundamental particles, none has ever violated the Standard Model. Until now. If there’s one thing you can count on physicists for, it’s […]
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Using advanced laser technology, scientists at NASA will track global changes in ice with greater accuracy.
A new study discovers the “liking gap” — the difference between how we view others we’re meeting for the first time, and the way we think they’re seeing us.
Riddle me this: what do brain teasers tell you during a job interview? A lot, but not about the applicant.
Our biases, preferences, and ideas of simplicity and elegance can get in the way. Here’s a scientific way to cut through them all. What are the rules governing reality? If you […]