It's not only the gravity from galaxies in a cluster that reveal dark matter, but the ejected, intracluster stars actually trace it out.
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Here's how to avoid getting duped by the "dark patterns" of online businesses.
Using physics, Ross Chastain floored it during the final turn, scraping the wall and passing 5 cars to advance to the NASCAR championship.
Just a small gesture or a thoughtful comment can often alter a situation, or people’s perceptions of it, in ways that relieve tensions and make them feel appreciated and included.
HIV mutates rapidly, which has made the development of a vaccine an enormous challenge for decades. Finally, we might have one.
Research shows how temperature can be used to manipulate circadian rhythms.
Historical geniuses used the "creative nap" to give their minds a boost. Apparently, the "hypnagogic state" can help with problem solving.
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Haunting photographs depict the dead as "still with us."
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A researcher talks about the power of music in a crisis.
A fascinating new book tells the untold stories of two women, Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb, who could have been first. On June 18, 1983, the Space Shuttle Challenger launched with […]
Check out these mysterious optical illusions that affect our visual perception.
In Natural Causes, journalist Barbara Ehrenreich questions our obsession with wellness.
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Over two billion people regularly eat insects. Why are Americans so squeamish?
International enrollment and applications to American grad schools are plummeting. This is the opposite of what makes America great. Throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, America emerged at the […]
It's been used by everyone from philosophers to business leaders — and Stanford research shows it really makes a difference.
Seeing Higgs boson decay may help physicists understand why the universe has mass.
Geneticists figure out how elephants keep from getting cancer.
In 1936, Hitler ordered the construction of Prora on a German island. The reasons for its existence are rooted in Nazi mysticism.
The authors conclude that it does, after claiming it doesn't.
A college degree is still a well-trodden path to relative financial success. Even so, a college degree is no longer a guarantee of a secure job, or of any job at all.
When a 'Rick and Morty' fan recently tweeted at Dan Harmon asking how to deal with depression, it didn’t take him long to reply.
Caffeine makes us feel more awake but also decreases our ability to taste sweetness
And if you’re experiencing it consistently, you just might be doing it wrong all along. “I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over […]