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If you eat a diet full of refined grains, high-sugar drinks, and sweets, there's a good chance you have too much insulin.
To solve “addition bias” don’t punish people who subtract — call in the “friction fixers” instead.
Stars are born, live, and die within the spiral arms of galaxies like the Milky Way. These 19 JWST spirals deliver unprecedented riches.
Adrie Kusserow, an anthropologist and scholar of Buddhism, shares how her study of the religion and its history has reshaped her view of the world — and herself.
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The creative force behind The Vampire Diaries explains how she learned to deal with her insecurities.
Unlikely Collaborators
New DNA analyses raise questions over the theory that Christopher Columbus and his men brought syphilis to Europe.
The world’s workplaces are growing lonelier — but the solution requires less than you might expect.
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Science writer George Musser on the unsung role of friendship in science’s biggest discoveries.
If our Milky Way were located in the Virgo cluster instead of the Local Group, chances are we'd already be a "red and dead" galaxy.
The new electrically conductive substrate could be the future of hydroponic farming.
Skilled hunters adapted to the changing landscape and left tantalizing clues to who they were.
If there’s life lurking on the moons of Saturn and Jupiter, could our instruments even detect it?
No shots fired. No flags raised. And no dry land gained. Still, the U.S. effectively grew by the size of about two Californias in December.
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From hunter-gatherers to the American Dream: This is how humanity’s definition of “work” has developed over time.
Ways to move forward when you're wrong and I'm right.
Valles Marineris is the Solar System's grandest canyon, many times longer, wider, and deeper than the Grand Canyon. What scarred Mars so?
Research suggests that to maintain a healthy brain, we should tend our gut microbiome.
Explore how QBism reframes science by placing the observer at the heart of quantum reality.
People who die by suicide are more likely to have reduced levels of the NPAS4 gene, which helps regulate inflammation in the brain.
Jotform CEO Aytekin Tank explains how he successfully embraced and deployed AI.