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Explore the many different iterations and times of New Year's celebrations around the world.
The discovery could potentially bush pack the evolution of feathers on vertebrates by 70 million years.
Decades of studies have shown parents to be less happy than their childless peers. But are the kids to blame?
Cryptocurrencies have had their time in the spotlight. Now it's time to focus on solving bigger problems.
In Well Grounded, behavioral neuroscience professor Kelly Lambert says it's all about contingency planning.
It isn't mind over matter as much as mind properly working with matter.
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Dialogue and an open mind can go a lot further than angry rhetoric.
With thousands of discovered planets around stars beyond our own Sun, why haven’t we found the next Earth? Over the past 30 years, astronomers have gone from zero known extra-solar planets […]
A theory from cosmology claims the Universe could rip apart to shreds.
Researchers find an amazing amount of often-weird forms of life below the planet's surface.
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Drug treatment centers pose potential threats to drug addicts.
Scientists say the virus monitors bacterial chemical exchanges
The Russian robot named "Boris", promoted as hi-tech by state tv, was revealed to be an actor.
Empathy makes us human. Humans make structures that rob us of empathy when we need it most. Helen Riess is trying to reverse that trend.
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A tech-minded approach to drug fraud could squash those who enable the deadly opioid crisis.
With the right material at the right temperature and a magnetic track, physics allows you to never lose energy. The idea of levitating off the ground has been a staple of […]
The findings are based on a phenomenon known as the "Mighty Girl Effect."
The billionaire entrepreneur predicts the rise of technology will soon force society to rethink the modern work week.
A scientific study of the legendary drinker.