Plasma mirrors capable of withstanding the intensity of powerful lasers are being designed through an emerging machine ...

Sixty-six million years ago, Earth was a tropical greenhouse. Today, it's an ice-capped world. And an international team of experts led by the University of Southampton think they know why. Their new ...

Scientists are now using computer simulations to study how religions form, spread, and change over time. Instead of asking theological questions, researchers model human behavior, social pressure, and ...

Over the past few years, access to health research has become easier than ever, yet understanding it seems to be getting harder. A study is published, a striking number is pulled out of context, ...

One confounding factor in how someone views a video is something psychologists have dubbed “slow-motion bias.” In one 2016 ...

After a year of protests from astronomers, authorities have abandoned plans for a giant, light-polluting renewable-energy ...

Researchers found men size up other men by height, body shape, and penis size. Men with larger packages were rated a higher threat than guys with small penises.

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At GMO, we have always defined a bubble as a two-standard deviation divergence of the price of any asset class above its long ...

One key role of sleep involves cerebrospinal fluid, which surrounds and protects the brain. During sleep, CSF helps remove waste that accumulates during waking hours. In a 2019 study, Lewis and her ...

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When it comes to global warming and climate change, we often hear news stories about tipping points where Earth's systems shift into a new and dangerous state. One such may have been reached in the ...