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We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as “primitive” or “ancient” and use terms like “higher” and “lower” animals. This anthropocentric ...

For many years, like most of my peers, I thought that science was part of the solution. More knowledge and innovation would ...

The GENIUS Act (Guidance for Essential National Issuance and Usage of Stablecoins) represents a watershed moment for the ...

A tiny, lizardlike carnivore that skittered across swampy ground roughly 300 million years ago helped set the stage for some of the largest plant eaters the planet has ever seen. Its story is a ...

A vast, flat sheet of dark matter may solve the long-standing mystery of why our neighboring galaxy Andromeda is speeding ...

Many ecologists hypothesize that, as global warming accelerates, change in nature must speed up. They assume that as ...

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Are you a skeptic always looking for the truth? Neuroscience explains why you might not find the evidence you're seeking.

Sometimes, overthinking doesn’t just slow decisions; it rewrites your memory of them and creates regret. In this post, we'll discuss how to minimize decision regret.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones—from fish and frogs to ...