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Augmented reality inventor warns it could be far worse than social media

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Terraforming: Why the Moon is a better target than Mars

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Astronomers race to save the night sky, but will anyone listen?

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94% of the universe’s galaxies are permanently beyond our reach

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Cosmic inflation preceded the Big Bang

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You don’t see objective reality objectively

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Is everything we see but a dream within a dream? Great thinkers have long wondered whether...
Is everything we see but a dream within a dream? Great thinkers have long wondered whether objective reality actually exists and, if so, whether our physical senses can accurately interpret it. It may be the case that our senses can capture only a small and distorted sliver of the world as it really is. As the probl...
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Are we approaching quantum gravity all wrong?

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Electrons exhibit wave properties as well as particle properties, and can be used to construct images...
Electrons exhibit wave properties as well as particle properties, and can be used to construct images or probe particle sizes just as well as light can. Here, you can see the results of an experiment where electrons are fired one-at-a-time through a double-slit. Once enough electrons are fired, the interference patt...
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Android has won the phone world war

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New type of Supernova explains ancient mystery

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U.S. Navy controls inventions that claim to change “fabric of reality”

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What is the rarest blood type? Surprising Science Golden blood sounds like the latest in medical...
What is the rarest blood type? Surprising Science Golden blood sounds like the latest in medical quackery. As in, get a golden blood transfusion to balance your tantric midichlorians and receive a free charcoal ice cream cleanse. Don't let the New-Agey moniker throw you. Golden blood is actually the nickname for Rh-...

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1k hexagons show how global wealth is distributed

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Technology & Innovation This following is an excerpt from Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity by Arup K....
Technology & Innovation This following is an excerpt from Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity by Arup K. Chakraborty and Andrey S. Shaw. Reprinted with Permission from The MIT PRESS. Copyright 2021.Koch's Postulates, Anthrax, Tuberculosis, and CholeraRobert Koch was born in Germany in 1843. His father was a mining engi...

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Is human consciousness creating reality?

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Despite social pressure, boys and girls still prefer gender-typical toys

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A recent meta-analysis overviewed 75 studies on children's gender-related toy preferences.The results found that "gender-related toy...
A recent meta-analysis overviewed 75 studies on children's gender-related toy preferences.The results found that "gender-related toy preferences may be considered a well-established finding."It's a controversial topic: Some people argue that these preferences stem from social pressure, while others say they're at le...

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Physicists achieve quantum entanglement in larger systems

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Roman Emperors were known for their excesses and violent behavior. From Caligula to Elagabalus, the emperors...
Roman Emperors were known for their excesses and violent behavior. From Caligula to Elagabalus, the emperors exercised total power in the service of their often-strange desires.Most of these emperors met violent ends themselves.We rightfully complain about many of our politicians and leaders today, but historically ...

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The human brain builds structures in up to 11 dimensions

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Lessons from Roman Empire about dangers of luxury

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The Roman writer, Tacitus, argued that the Roman Empire was built by enslaving conquered people who...
The Roman writer, Tacitus, argued that the Roman Empire was built by enslaving conquered people who became accustomed to fine living and luxury. Technology today has become so essential to our daily lives that it seems impossible to break free of it. It's as much a cage as a luxury. Being dependent on a thing gives ...

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GPS Spoofing – Ghost Ships Circling Off California

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'Circle spoofing' is an as-yet unexplained version of GPS interference.It shows ships moving in virtual circles...
'Circle spoofing' is an as-yet unexplained version of GPS interference.It shows ships moving in virtual circles while they're somewhere else.Is this the cheaper, off the shelf version of a well-known cyberweapon? The Princess Janice, seen travelling from Point Reyes inland. Inset top right: moving around Utah, in ci...

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Scientists create a lifelike material that has metabolism and can self-reproduce

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A close up of Bathynomus raksasa Surprising Science Humanity knows surprisingly little about the ocean depths....
A close up of Bathynomus raksasa Surprising Science Humanity knows surprisingly little about the ocean depths. An often-repeated bit of evidence for this is the fact that humanity has done a better job mapping the surface of Mars than the bottom of the sea. The creatures we find lurking in the watery abyss often ...

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Circle spoofing is an advanced form of GPS manipulation; nobody knows how or why

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The sun tries to break through the trees and mist of Cannock Chase Forest at Severn...
The sun tries to break through the trees and mist of Cannock Chase Forest at Severn Springs in Stafford, England. 13-8 The tension between science and religion is old news to us moderns. Historical events like the Catholic Church's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair" target="_blan...

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Talking with your hands alters the perception of your words

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A team of researchers from the Netherlands found that hands gestures, when used strategically, influence how...
A team of researchers from the Netherlands found that hands gestures, when used strategically, influence how certain words are heard. Participants were 20% more likely to hear and interpret the words being spoken when accompanied by a matching hand gesture, and 40% as likely to hear the wrong word when the gestures ...

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Physicist creates AI algorithm that may prove reality is a simulation

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A remote area visited by tourists and cruises, and home to fishing villages, is about to...
A remote area visited by tourists and cruises, and home to fishing villages, is about to be visited by a devastating tsunami.A wall of rock exposed by a receding glacier is about crash into the waters below.Glaciers hold such areas together — and when they're gone, bad stuff can be left behind. The Barry Glacier giv...

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The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle may finally be solved

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Surprising Science <ul class="ee-ul"></ul> Imagine it's 2045. You start hearing rumors from your well-heeled friends about...
Surprising Science <ul class="ee-ul"></ul> Imagine it's 2045. You start hearing rumors from your well-heeled friends about a mysterious corporation based on an undisclosed island that's offering an unprecedented service: the ability to genetically design your baby.The baby will have some of your genetics, ...

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China's schoolkids beat American students in all academic categories

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Mind & Brain Among the first people I met was a young man who believed...
Mind & Brain Among the first people I met was a young man who believed that he might be responsible for harm coming to his family if he didn't engage in time-consuming rituals, including arranging his shoes very particularly for up to half an hour. The logic motivating this man's behaviour was notably rather mag...

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New technique turns junk into valuable graphene

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Mind & Brain Among the first people I met was a young man who believed...
Mind & Brain Among the first people I met was a young man who believed that he might be responsible for harm coming to his family if he didn't engage in time-consuming rituals, including arranging his shoes very particularly for up to half an hour. The logic motivating this man's behaviour was notably rather mag...

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