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Many of us are taught that civilization started around 5,000 years ago, even though we know it’s actually much older. But just how old is it really?
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We’re used to lasers being either death beams, or harmless little points of light. But we also use lasers to cool matter to absolute zero and probe the limits of physics.
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Mastering your emotions and understanding what others feel and why can make you more resistant to fake news and social media hoaxes.
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The universe may be the way it is today because the physics of matter and antimatter work just a bit differently...
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One of the biggest questions about the human mind is how it creates consciousness. We may finally have an answer.
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Researchers found that not only do those with money and power think they’re smarter, they’re likely to exaggerate their upward mobility.
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Some of those who claim to be victims fighting against injustice may have much darker motives than they’ll admit, even to themselves…
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Offshore wind power’s new weapons in the race for greater energy market share are giant turbines that can power entire towns on their own.
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Plenty of pundits have quipped that social media and constant texting made us lonelier, more bitter, and less empathetic. A set of new studies says they may actually have a point.
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Chemists think they figured out the process of capturing the greenhouse gas to turn it into fuel for airplanes. But the big question is whether we’d actually want to do this.