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Wellness actually often involves a lot of effort.
The Starfish Prime test in 1962 showed how dangerous it would be to detonate a nuclear weapon in space.
An instrument on the Europa Clipper mission might be able to detect biological cells from space.
AI needs careful monitoring and the right policies to ensure it can benefit the fight against climate change.
Medieval scholars connected celestial events to changes that happened on the ground, such as the overthrow of the king.
The Solar System could be awash with oceans, not on the surface but hidden inside the most surprising bodies
We have joined a game which has been going on before our arrival, and the strategy that everyone has learned is to hide.
Vegetarian and low-carb diets aren’t ideal for our brains.
Remembering his immense contributions to psychology and economics.
Food fraud costs billions globally. But blockchain and machine learning offer hope for a more transparent and safer food system.
New research reveals our understanding of dust’s role in the environment is far from settled.
A highly unusual new case is giving scientists insights about what causes illusions of facial distortion
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge is already affecting global supply chains.
We’ll need to learn the lessons from this disaster.
Much is written about the world happiness rankings. But it seems not everyone interprets the survey question the same way.
The eclipse will allow scientists to get rare measurements of the Sun’s atmosphere.
Quantum computing has huge promise from a technical perspective, but the practical benefits are less clear.
Neanderthals and humans may have been equally smart and skilled, but some evidence points to humans living in larger groups.
We followed up students years after they took our course to find out whether they still reported better wellbeing.
Time pressure is bad for your health- but the answer may be right outside your door.
I’m hunting for the woman whose use of an early chatbot turned the inventor against his creation.
There are several ways in which stars can destroy and swallow their own planets.
Many Democrats fear that banning TikTok would lose them votes from young people.
We may be able to find traces of dark matter star explosions.