Revolutionary techniques for understanding brain functions in animals could soon help us understand how emotions guide our lives.
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They cost $1,400 and will make you feel like you’re always on a moving sidewalk.
It was supposed to have a 5.5-10 year lifetime, and take 6 months to calibrate. It’s performing better than anyone anticipated.
This graph shows how badly German cities were hit by Allied bombing raids.
Thanks to observations of gravitational waves, scientists were able to settle a longstanding debate over the speed of gravity.
Bram Stoker’s mother survived a terrible cholera outbreak and recounted the ghastly scenes to her son years later.
“This is much deeper than just ‘let’s figure out how we can get both sides to get along.’”
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It’s the paradoxical observation that the more we try to process, the less we actually can.
Your brain is not an obsolete piece of technology. Once properly trained for learning, it’s your ticket to navigating the AI landscape.
Art criticism is inherently subjective. Still, many critics have tried to make a case for why some of the world’s most celebrated books are in fact terribly written.
What worked before won’t necessarily work this time — and the best leaders will adapt.
The richness and variety of America’s food landscape, in a buffet of maps.
AI was the most divisive topic in a recent predictions tournament.
It could prevent sun damage and help chemical burns heal faster.
You’ve probably noticed that most retailers use prices ending in 99. That’s intentional.
But don’t buy your own brain zapping machine, yet.
Only nine weeks later, the Wright Brothers achieved manned flight. The pathologically cynical always will find a reason to complain.
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Hear from Commander Guy Snodgrass, a former TOPGUN graduate and instructor, on how to develop high-performing teams at your organization.
Like Mars today, Venus used to be a sci-fi superstar. Recent discoveries could re-ignite our interest in Earth’s “evil twin.”
Sun-like stars live for around 10 billion years, but our Universe is only 13.8 billion years old. So what’s the maximum lifetime for a star?
Millions of people have had a near-death experience, and it often leads them to believe in an afterlife. Does this count as good proof?
Athletes often use creatine to boost performance and aid muscle recovery. Accumulating evidence suggests it could also help with depression.
In Georgia, it’s becoming less common to pronounce words like “prize” as “prahz.”
Frontier, the ORNL supercomputer, used machine learning to perform 9.95 quintillion calculations per second.
The U.S. ranked 59th worldwide.
The outer planets’ clouds hide the weirdness within.
A quote from a 1995 book by astronomer Carl Sagan describes a world many find disturbingly similar to ours.
An interview with economist Tyler Cowen on why American progress has seemed to stall and how we can get it back on track.
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In work and life, the rules of success are being redefined.