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It is estimated that as many as 488 million people worldwide were exposed to dangerously long working hours in 2016.
Capacitors, acid batteries, and other methods of storing electric charges all lose energy over time. These gravity-fed batteries won't.
In just a few seconds, a gamma-ray burst blasts out the same amount of energy that the Sun will radiate throughout its entire life.
The Centennial State is technically a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon.
Each year, several trillion pounds of microscopic silicon-based skeletons fall down the water column to pile up into siliceous ooze.
When we don't find ways to relieve chronic stress, personal burnout is the likely consequence.
Give yourself (and others) a break.
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Make it simple. Make it clear. Make it stick. Alan Alda on how to get everyone to understand your thoughts.
John Templeton Foundation
Humanity's newest, most powerful space telescope is performing even better than predicted. The reason why is unprecedented.
Has the "age of psychopharmacology” shrunk society’s sense of responsibility for mental health?
Ancient bones reveal that domesticated felines were at home in Pre-Neolithic Poland around 8,000 years ago.
Millennials are reversing a 40-year decline in stroke deaths.
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Here’s what job interviewers are testing you for, according to economist Tyler Cowen.
Once activated, the CRISPR-Cas12a2 system goes on a rampage, chopping up DNA and RNA indiscriminately, causing cell death.
Communication among cetaceans, like whales and dolphins, looks especially promising.
Despite being called the "dismal science," economics impacts our lives every day. Here, we look at seven of the greatest economists in history.
A new study of global love finds that Americans have some of the most loving relationships, while Chinese and Germans have some of the least.
It may be possible to give people the tools to withstand difficulty before it attaches to them.
Cryo-electron tomography, or cryo-ET, is the future of cell research.