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A lab at the University of Cambridge is looking for materials that have weird quantum properties at the coldest temperatures possible | Continue reading
If you practice what you read in this article, your life will improve | Continue reading
Modern physicists continue to enshrine the split between the heavens and the earth perceived by our ancestors | Continue reading
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In a new study, we found that by the end of the century, substantial plant growth could help sequester fossil-fuel emissions—if we protect our forests | Continue reading
The behavioral science of DIY depolarization | Continue reading
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A new hadrosaur from Texas has a striking, shovel-shaped mouth. | Continue reading
A Harvard scholar says viewing science and technology with a critical eye can make the world a better place | Continue reading
Creative communication can help, or hurt, our attempts to bridge the divide between technically or emotionally disparate audiences | Continue reading
On World Lion Day , it’s good to remember that there’s a global connectedness between ecosystems and the biodiversity they support | Continue reading
A gift led me to think about an old geologic controversy | Continue reading
To encourage the replication of findings, we should ask researchers to describe their methods before they conduct experiments | Continue reading
It may not be smart to add more, but nature probably beat us to it anyway | Continue reading
Honor your right to disconnect, and focus on strengthening real relationships | Continue reading
Even if you don’t accept the science, you’ll need to deal with the consequences | Continue reading
“Learning loops,” an innovative way employees can pick up new skills, are a good example | Continue reading
The island of Bonaire, in the Caribbean Sea, has been protecting its corals for decades | Continue reading
Recently declassified information shows the critical part JFK’s younger brother played in resolving the Cold War’s most dangerous moment | Continue reading
Research suggests it's largely because they're anxious about their ability to protect their families, insecure about their place in the job market and beset by racial fears | Continue reading
A website called OncoBites offers short, easy-to-understand reports on what’s new in the field | Continue reading
It may not make headlines, but there's a lot of evidence that it's happening in the chilling environment the Trump administration has created | Continue reading
What to do with those pesky order of operations questions? | Continue reading
Our aggressive, expensive approach to cancer is doing more harm than good | Continue reading
For those stifled by shades of perfectionism, temporary media can remind us how to create things for the fun of it | Continue reading
A collection of tiny skull bones offers new insights to the early life of Edmontosaurus | Continue reading
A Harvard historian urges psychiatrists to focus less on making money and more on helping patients | Continue reading
Look who might be watching | Continue reading
Sometimes mathematics chases its own tail | Continue reading
A practical guide to putting things in perspective | Continue reading
Communities are learning how to reshape landscapes ravaged by climate impacts | Continue reading
But strong regulation is a must to protect patient safety | Continue reading
They can be very valuable tools for managing flood risk—but we learned a century ago that relying on them exclusively won't work | Continue reading
A plant scorned as an invasive species offers a wealth of practical uses and cultural significance | Continue reading
With our study, we may have gotten closer to solving the problem of high-temperature superconductivity | Continue reading
If so, says new research, learning the science behind them could change your mind | Continue reading
A surprising resurgence of psychedelic research has produced its first FDA-approved treatment, with more likely on the way | Continue reading
Research suggests that the family of hormones has a crucial role in the hippocampus | Continue reading
Two high school students argue that STEM knowledge and skills are vital to maintaining democracy | Continue reading
Some people say “the climate has changed before,” as though that should be reassuring. It’s not | Continue reading
The author of Superior: The Return of Race Science knows this from firsthand experience | Continue reading