How humans came to feel comfortable among strangers, like those in a café, is an under-explored mystery.
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Here’s what Europe would have looked like if the Confederation of the Danube had been established after WWII.
How one man’s divine dream became a poultry-shaped reality.
One from New Guinea rose to the top in a recent study.
All forms of energy affect the expanding Universe. But if matter and radiation slow the expansion down, how does dark energy speed it up?
How do physicists solve a problem like entropy?
Adolescents’ brains are highly capable, if inconsistent, during this critical age of exploration and development. They are also acutely tuned into rewards.
Uncover the high cost of raising a family and discover strategies to make it more manageable and rewarding.
Nagomi helps us find balance in discord by unifying the elements of life while staying true to ourselves.
The future of healthcare may bring powerful collaborations between AI and medical professionals.
The best evidence for dark matter is astrophysical and indirect. Do new lensing observations point to ultra-light, wave-like dark matter?
How does the mind interact with the body? Nobody really knows — but these philosophers ventured an answer.
Once the initial blaze of heat dissipated, the constituent particles of atoms were free to bind.
From empowerment to intellectual humility, these executive leadership skills are invaluable to an organization.
Forget these scientific myths to better understand your brain and yourself.
The paradox of failure explains why even a healthy rage-quit won’t keep a good gamer down.
As AI evolves — and more robotic warfare systems are deployed — the nature of conflict could change beyond recognition.
Quantum uncertainty and wave-particle duality are big features of quantum physics. But without Pauli’s rule, our Universe wouldn’t exist.
What do Remus Lupin, Katniss Evergreen, William Wordsworth, and Usain Bolt all have in common?
Amyloid plaque can build up in body organs other than the brain. The resulting diseases — AL amyloidosis, ATTR amyloidosis and more — cause much suffering.
Journaling helped Marcus Aurelius cultivate the emotional intelligence necessary to steer Rome through turbulent times.
The cosmic microwave background offers clues.
Data scientists first gained prominence by making us click on ads — now the profession spans a multiverse.
Finding out how the Universe grew up was the biggest science goal of JWST. This ultra-early proto-galaxy cluster is one amazing discovery.
Some authors never saw their books score widespread acclaim—or even get published at all.
Like sneaking veggies into dessert, these board games teach STEM, strategy, and executive functions through the joys of play.
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
One hypothesis: “gossip traps.”
April 24, 2023
Discoveries and innovations constantly lead man forward into new realms. But thoughts can take many forms. Can man direct his own thoughts to raise the level of his civilization?
From quarks and gluons to giant galaxy clusters, everything that exists in our Universe is determined by what is (and isn’t) bound together.