science
Being on shaky financial footing is making Americans dumber.
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The American Museum of Natural History presents the new, more accurate T. rex.
Globally 72 percent of scientific researchers are men. But there are some exceptions.
The Oedipal complex, repressed memories, penis envy? Sigmund Freud’s ideas are far-reaching, but few have withstood the onslaught of empirical evidence.
The promising news comes 12 years after the “Berlin patient” became the world’s first person to be cured of the deadly virus.
New statistical analyses show that human-driven climate change is a virtual certainty.
The I Ching serves as a foundation for many Eastern philosophies and Western mathematics.
The cost-effective method could revolutionize how we remove carbon from the atmosphere, particularly in regard to climate change.
Scientists are developing vaccines for migraines and sciatica (back pain) – a win in the war against the overprescription of opioid drugs.
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We may never have to get more than one flu shot again.
The brains of two genetically edited babies born last year in China might have enhanced memory and cognition, but that doesn’t mean the scientific community is pleased.
A parlor-trick mystery explained at last.
The Megachile pluto is about four times the size of a honeybee.
Why are soda and ice cream each linked to violence? This article delivers the final word on what people mean by “correlation does not imply causation.”
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A primer on the infinite of knowledge waiting to be learned.
Number of proton-neutron pairs determine how fast the particles move, results suggest.
Good science is sometimes trumped by the craving for a “big splash.”
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The keto diet can help with weight loss, but at what cost?
“Our findings are not good news,” says Brendan Godley, of the University of Exeter.
If the universe is expanding in all directions, why is Andromeda hurtling toward the Milky Way?
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A study on the effects of LSD microdosing shows some fittingly strange results.
A recent test shows SpaceX’s Raptor engine is powerful enough to lift Starship and Super Heavy into space.
You won’t notice much of a difference unless you’re north of the 55th parallel, though.
The spike in measles cases stems from three outbreaks in Washington and New York.
If a scientific study was conducted unethically, should publishers retract it?
“Dinner and drinks” may take on a new, more provocative meaning.
