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New research suggests they may be in the connections between your brain cells.

Guided by ultrasound waves, swarms of microrobots could soon be used to deliver medicine to targeted sites in the body.

Over 50 years since humans last walked on the Moon, astronaut footprints and rover tracks are still visible. But they won’t last forever.

In some Asian countries, what’s in your blood may influence your social status.

A vertical map might better represent a world dominated by China and determined by shipping routes across the iceless Arctic.

With 1550 distinct type Ia supernovae measured across ~10 billion years of cosmic time, the Pantheon+ data set reveals our Universe.

Easily distracted? Try a “distractibility delay.”

A growing body of research shows that religious people seem to enjoy more psychological well-being compared to others.

“The only options left were experimental approaches in clinical trials.”

U.S. states vary radically in terms of electricity generation. Vermont is the cleanest, while Delaware is the dirtiest.

But does Amazon know when you’re tired or hungry?

For the fewer than 50 people with this blood type, finding a blood transfusion could be extremely difficult.

Hybrid working, robot fast food workers, and the rapid acceleration of NFTs are just the beginning.

A Harvard astronomer went to the bottom of the ocean, claiming he recovered alien technology. But what does the science actually indicate?

The laws of physics don’t prefer matter over antimatter. So how can we be certain that distant stars & galaxies aren’t made of antimatter?

From boosting empathy to improving therapy, virtual reality is poised to change our ideas of the self.

In theory, the fabric of space could have been curved in any way imaginable. So why is the Universe flat when we measure it?

Your breathing rhythm influences a wide range of behaviors, cognition, and emotion.

Wearable technology can help increase lifespan by changing what we know about our dietary needs and creating new ways to exercise.

Anxieties about being identified will be superseded by fears of being analyzed.

We think of physical reality as what objectively exists, independent of any observer. But relativity and quantum physics say otherwise.

Soft skills training can help develop transformation-ready employees and equip entire organizations to adapt to an unpredictable future.

“This will be one of the most important datasets since the mapping of the Human Genome.”

Just a small gesture or a thoughtful comment can often alter a situation, or people’s perceptions of it, in ways that relieve tensions and make them feel appreciated and included.

Empty, intergalactic space is just 2.725 K: not even three degrees above absolute zero. But the Boomerang Nebula is even colder.

When you view your right hand in a mirror, it appears as a left hand. Writing is reversed, as is the direction of any spinning object: clockwise becomes counterclockwise and […]

“Strategic ambiguity” has long been the West’s strategy on Taiwan.

Altos Labs, a new biotech firm with $3 billion in funding, has announced plans to combat aging. But what does that mean for human life span, exactly?

Short-termism is both rooted in our most primal instincts and encouraged by runaway technological development. How can we fight it?

How the search for alien life is taking place right here in our own Solar System. If you want to understand the origin of life in the Universe, you have three […]