Australian soldiers fighting the Japanese recruited native New Guineans to their campaign.
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Want to write a time-travel story? Do so at your own risk.
On Saturday, October 14, a solar eclipse crosses North and South America. Here are 4 quick, easy, low-tech activities for everyone to enjoy!
If not treated, the disorder drastically increases one’s risk of death.
Recent high-profile instances of fraud in psychology have led some to wonder if there’s anything useful about the field at all.
Seventy-five years after the anomaly’s discovery, scientists have finally figured out why sea levels are so much lower here.
The stench of death is actually fairly pleasant.
In an attempt to prove Christianity inferior to communism, a Soviet scientist hoped to play God.
Defamiliarization is a common tool in the arts. Here we learn how seeing things from a different angle can lead to billion-dollar success.
In a world without clocks, people used common activities in place of time units. How long it took you to go to the toilet mattered.
In work and life, the rules of success are being redefined.
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?
Could a theory from the science of perception help crack the mysteries of psychosis?
Within the next few decades, we may well have hard evidence for the existence of alien life on worlds light-years distant from Earth.
We used to think, “That email isn’t going to write itself.” But now it can, thanks to AI. And there’s so much more, from coding to marketing.
Historians have been able to piece together a clear picture of how the average Roman citizen spent their waking hours.
Just 12% of Americans account for half the country’s total beef consumption.
Your organization won’t become a “data democracy” organically — shared knowledge is key.
Space weather poses a tremendous threat to all satellites, knocking all computer systems offline. Is that a recipe for Kessler syndrome?
Every organization has a power block of dutiful but unappreciated talent. Here’s an effective plan for engagement.
“I think it has a real chance to reverse motor symptoms, essentially replacing a missing part.”
The best answer we have is, “Life is matter with intentionality.”
Sci-fi enthusiasts have long hoped that a substance called antimatter might experience gravity opposite that of ordinary matter. It doesn’t.
Get rid of the notion that the best employees come from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
Some fascinating observations of K2-18b have come along with horrendous, speculative communications. There’s no evidence for oceans or life.
For people with hard-to-treat depression, a non-invasive technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can provide relief.
Legally smoking joints in city centers will require alertness and a keen sense of orientation — two things stoners are not known for.
His crime was so great, he was not only sentenced to death but his name was to be erased from memory.
When leaders connect enterprise ambition with the driving spirit of activism, everyone wins.
How can you maximize the amount of love and happiness in your life? One of history’s greatest scientists found the answer: with math.