A new study reveals how literacy fundamentally rewires the human mind, sharpening memory, focus, and face recognition.

Smartphones, online learning, generative AI: The way we read has changed more in the last decade than in the previous century. So what do we actually know about what reading does for the mind? In his ...

Fusion energy commercialization is now blocked not by plasma physics but by two missing engineering facilities: a neutron ...

The person who should have been best able to explain how we got here was the great German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, who illuminated how a feisty, principled public sphere is integral to democracy.

In the world of scientific publishing there are many reasons why a paper can be retracted, but generally there is an obvious ...

Quantum properties of light are extremely delicate. When researchers attempt to measure them, even small losses on the way to ...

Human skin is constantly rebuilding itself. Every few weeks, the outermost layers shed and are replaced by new cells pushed up from the base. For decades, scientists believed this renewal depended ...

For New York’s anniversary, we are celebrating the history of the city’s restaurants with a series of posts throughout the month. Read all of our “Who Ate Where” stories here. Max’s Kansas City was ...

For decades, scientists suspected that genetic deterioration through inbreeding played a central role in the disappearance of Neanderthals around 40,000 years ago. A sweeping new genomic study, ...

HBO Max is currently offering a limited-time deal on all three of its annual plans, which already offer some savings over monthly renewals. The service also offers a student discount and is available ...

Dragons, supermen and drug-taking ravers – if that doesn’t entice you to subscribe to HBO Max, nothing will. The streamer is debuting some of its best programming of the year in June, and Watch With ...

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