Why power generated through nuclear fusion will be the future, but not the present, solution to humanity's energy needs.
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By not taking emergency action to combat climate change, we're gambling dangerously with the future.
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Why do some people still believe that behavior is caused solely by genes or environment? A new paper offers some answers.
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Social distancing won't be easy, but science shows us how to make it more manageable.
Even before publication, health agencies were asking the journal not to publish the research.
Polls never reveal who we really are. Google does.
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Try not to think about your hands. Now enjoy a few minutes of not being able to stop thinking about them.
Is the way we hear music biological or cultural?
In one generation, the climate of many American cities will experience a noticeable shift.
Without a healthy mind, tackling life's challenges becomes exponentially more difficult.
The Harvard Medical School's clinical professor of psychiatry wrote the book on the topic.
Scientists discovered microbes that have lived on Earth for millions of years.
More and more research points to a serious mistake we made in how biomechanics works.
Brain plasticity. Mindful superpowers. Pokémon invading our grey matter. Scientists have only begun to learn about the human brain.
Being bilingual has cultural, social, and cognitive benefits — so why are schools dropping language courses?
White-nose syndrome is nearly as lethal to bats as the Black Plague was for humans.
It's not what you have, it's what you do with it.
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The controversial protest tactic has a checkered history.
Sometimes doing nothing means everything.
A study from May 2018 found that most lottery winners report greater life satisfaction over a long-term period.
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Senator John Sidney McCain III, who died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 at the age of 81, is lying in state in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol.