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Latitude Adjustment: Distance from the Equator Shapes Our Thinking
Behavior & Society
Behavior & Society
Ancient Teeth Reveal Social Stratification Dates Back to Bronze Age Societies
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The Exquisite Precision of Time Crystals
Exotic new states of matter contain patterns that repeat like clockwork
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Climate
Ship Freezes Itself in Arctic Ice to Study Climate Change
Behavior & Society
Behavior & Society
Latitude Adjustment: Distance from the Equator Shapes Our Thinking
Behavior & Society
Behavior & Society
Ancient Teeth Reveal Social Stratification Dates Back to Bronze Age Societies
Biology
Biology
Why Do Some People Need Less Sleep? It’s in Their DNA
Environment
Environment
Extreme Snows in Greenland Caused Ecosystem’s “Reproductive Collapse”
Happier Babies Have an Edge
Medicine
Medicine
Vaginal Fluid Transplants Hold Promise but Raise Safety Concerns
Biology
Biology
Tardigrade Protein Protects DNA from Chemical Attack
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I’m Convinced We Found Evidence of Life on Mars in the 1970s
The Labeled Release experiment on the Viking mission reported positive results, although most have dismissed them as inorganic chemical reactions
Sleep Deprivation Shuts Down Production of Essential Brain Proteins
A deficit arises in molecules needed for neurons to communicate efficiently
Giant Molecules Exist in Two Places at Once in Unprecedented Quantum Experiment
The new study demonstrates a bizarre quantum effect at never-before-seen scales
String Theory Does Not Win a Nobel, and I Win a Bet
Science writer John Horgan wins a 2002 bet with physicist Michio Kaku that by 2020 no unified theory of physics will win a Nobel Prize...
A Well-Deserved Physics Nobel
Jim Peebles’s award honors modern cosmological theory at last
How Mere Humans Manage to Comprehend the Vastness of the Universe
Peering into the unknown requires us to recognize our own mental blind spots
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The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11
Space
Celebrating the past and future of humans on the moon
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A Nobel Economist Cites Growth as Innovation
Paul Romer, an expert in what’s known as endogenous growth theory and winner of the 2018 Nobel prize in economics, speaks to Scientific American about seeing economic growth as increased value, akin to when ingredients in a recipe are used to create a dish worth more than the original raw materials...
