
‘It’s better to be safe than sorry’: How superstitions may still benefit us
New research found behaving superstitiously could benefit us psychologically, even if we know it has…
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New research found behaving superstitiously could benefit us psychologically, even if we know it has…
Research published in Personality & Individual Differences shows that narcissism is linked to higher fertility,…
Manta rays are elegantly shaped. They swim by flapping their fins like enormous wings, and…
Evolution could alter or even eliminate some of the human traits we cherish most, changing…
A recent study in the journal Cell Reports Medicine has highlighted a brain network involved in…
A 2023 astronaut photo captured a rare effect, known as sunglint, transforming the surface of…
This wafer-thin wooden tablet from a first-century Roman fort in the U.K. includes a heartfelt…
A recent study published in Consciousness and Cognition explores the intriguing connection between dream experiences…
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Brooks Glycerin 21: the best running shoe Brooks makes
The Panasonic 15mm f Leica Summilux DG ASPH is a Micro Four Thirds lens with…
The innermost Earth-like planet in the famous TRAPPIST-1 system might be capable of supporting a…
Astronomers modeled sunspot activity on a nearby red giant star to learn about its chaotic…
“After staring at dozens and dozens of image pairs, she found something interesting.”
A brain sculpture made from computer parts
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It’s that time again, when families and friends gather and implore the more technically inclined…
I’d describe myself as a skeptic of the generative AI revolution—I think the technology as…
Whether it’s braving the long line at a trendy new restaurant or hanging on just…
We’d been chatting for the better part of two hours when Chris Kraft’s eyes suddenly…
There is rarely time to write about every cool science paper that comes our way;…
Connected cars are great—at least until some company leaves unencrypted location data on the Internet…