Discussions of human evolution are usually backward looking, as if the greatest triumphs and challenges were in the distant past.
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It rotates on its axis, revolves around the Sun, moves throughout the Milky Way, and gets carried by our galaxy all throughout space.
“At that time, it was just a wild idea, […] that instead of just a loss of consciousness, anesthetics may do something to the brain that actually turns pain off.”
The World Air Quality Index shows how clean your city’s air is, in real time.
The A.I. system could improve the lives of commercially raised pigs.
A growing body of research shows that religious people seem to enjoy more psychological well-being compared to others.
The laws of physics state that you can’t create or destroy matter without also creating or destroying an equal amount of antimatter. So how are we here?
60% of all potentially dangerous asteroids remain undetected.
Memes communicate complex ideas quickly and efficiently, but that’s precisely what makes them so dangerous.
Some scientists believe that DMT could revolutionize the treatment of depression.
Like witchcraft, “racecraft” refers to a kind of magical thinking — one that treats race as if it were scientifically meaningful.
In the night sky for March of 2022, only stars and the Moon, not planets, will greet you. The real show, however, arrives just before dawn.
Zuranolone might help people feel better sooner than if they were relying on standard treatment alone.
The good news is that scientists have found a new way to treat eczema. The bad news is that it’s drinkable dust mite extract.
Two aspects of memory – fast updating and long lasting – are typically considered incompatible, yet the insects combined them.
Using cellulose from trees and a synthetic polymer, MIT researchers have created a material that “is stronger and tougher than some types of bone, and harder than typical aluminum alloys.”
A famous explorer’s doomed ship is finally found 107 years after it was lost to the Antarctic deep.
An expert explains the emerging science of nutrigenomics.
Edible electronics, devices that can be broken down and digested, could perform many useful functions inside the body.
Gigantic ranges called “supermountains” formed twice in Earth’s history, and they may have had a profound influence on evolutionary history.
In the shadow of the Shard, the mosaics help paint a picture of Roman London.
Do the health risks outweigh the benefits?
Despite all that we’ve learned about the Universe, there remain unanswered, and possibly unanswerable, questions. Could “God” be the answer?
Any dataset that can be quantified over time can be turned into a contest that is both exciting and (a little bit) enlightening.
From a desert oasis to the Rocky Mountains, being filled with awe makes me a better scientist.
Too many people still view stay-at-home dads as feckless deadbeats, but their acceptance is an important step toward gender equality.
The human brain is only the latest chapter in the ancient story of thinking on Earth.
Astronomers used supercomputers and an international network of antennas to create the stunning map.
Shortly after planet Earth formed, life took a permanent hold on our surface. But just how common is such an outcome?
A ten-minute visit from a therapy dog reduces emergency room patients’ pain and anxiety.