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The “attention economy” corrupts science.
“Salvator Mundi” sold for a record-breaking $450 million in 2017, but is it really as valuable as people were led to believe?
In the 20th century, many options abounded as to our cosmic origins. Today, only the Big Bang survives, thanks to this critical evidence.
Reading between the lines of Dorothy’s adventure to the Emerald City.
Modernism has lasted longer than any art movement since the Renaissance.
You might think it’s impossible to run out of wind, but Europe’s “wind drought” proves otherwise. And it’s only going to get worse.
“The digital HQ – the digital infrastructure that supports productivity and collaboration – actually became more important than the physical HQ.”
Amplifying the energy within a laser, over and over, won’t get you an infinite amount of energy. There’s a fundamental limit due to physics.
Brands like BMW, Walmart, and IBM are seeing big wins from the use of gamification in corporate training. Here’s how.
This technological feat changes our cosmic history.
Women have made incredible gains into STEM fields, but they continue to face gender biases in the workplace.
While most participants fibbed a little bit, laptop users were much more likely to lie – and by a lot more.
The far side of the Moon is incredibly different from the Earth-facing side. 63 years later, we know why the Moon’s faces are not alike.
If you’re trying to hide how you feel about something, be careful with your hands.
Most electric car charging is done at night. A grid powered mostly by renewable energy might not be able to meet demand, but there is a solution.
Sigmund Freud developed the decidedly unscientific principles of psychoanalysis in a time when most psychologists were trying to join the ranks of chemists and medical doctors.
The Big Bang is commonly misunderstood, warping our understanding about the Universe’s size and shape.
Expressing gratitude encourages others to continue being generous, promoting a cycle of goodness.
We have two descriptions of the Universe that work perfectly well: General Relativity and quantum physics. Too bad they don’t work together.
Talking to yourself seems to yield real benefits, from boosts in cognitive performance to improved emotional regulation.
Scallop shells have accompanied pilgrims to and from Santiago de Compostela for centuries, for more than one reason
The researchers and patients are excited to see if color vision will develop over time.
Three reasons why a radically better future is more likely than we think.
We could even benefit from more whataboutisms — if they’re used properly.
Sooner or later, Earth is going to be hit by a large enough space object to cause significant damage to humanity. Stopping them isn’t easy.
The recipe for a perfect date night: a rom-com, a bowl of popcorn, and a syringe of testosterone — at least for gerbils, anyway.
Short-hop regional flights could be running on batteries in a few years.
Fluphenazine, once used to treat schizophrenia, is capable of blocking a compound connected to chronic pain.
The artifacts were often made from found objects – an Ivory dish-soap bottle transformed into an earthenware figure.