According to a 2020 Pew poll, 44% of Americans think that belief in God is necessary for...
A team of researchers from Toyota and the University of Tokyo used a quantum computer to...
In my position as a professor of mathematics at Princeton, I have witnessed the decline of universities and cultural institutions as they... Read More
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It became the trend in Silicon Valley and spread swiftly around the world: the latest hack to boost the mood, sharpen the mind and get the... Read More
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After appearing for decades in science fiction, then moving into an actual theory, a new patent for an updated warp drive was... Read More
The first confirmed COVID-19 case in Africa was on February 14, 2020 in Egypt. The first in sub-Saharan Africa appeared in Nigeria soon... Read More
More than 600 years ago, someone intricately folded, sealed and posted a letter that was never delivered. Now, scientists have digitally... Read More
The possibility and promise of conscious Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be approaching. But can we know for sure that the experience of... Read More
Scientists at the University of Bath have found a way to bind together two photons of different colours, paving the way for important... Read More
Much of the benefit that a person gets from taking a real drug or receiving a treatment to alleviate pain is due to an individual's mindset,... Read More
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New energy tariffs designed for a low carbon future could leave people on bad deals even worse off, research has found. The Leeds-led study... Read More
Are some important questions simply un-answerable by humans due to the type of biological beings we are? Philosophers such as Kant thought... Read More
Almost one in five people lacks the protein α-actinin-3 in their muscle fibre. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet now show that more... Read More
Americans have celebrated the fact that the Biden administration is embracing science and returning the country to evidence-based... Read More
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a new, low-cost wearable device that transforms the human body into a... Read More
According to a 2020 Pew poll, 44% of Americans think that belief in God is necessary for...
A team of researchers from Toyota and the University of Tokyo used a quantum computer to...
(via SciShow Space) Most of the universe is made up of dark matter, so could it form into stars and galaxies like regular matter?... Read More
Over the past couple of decades, Western consumers have shown an increasing appetite for more ethical eggs. The European Union and a number of American states have banned the use of battery cages for egg-laying hens and the cage-free egg market segment has been growing for years. In some countries, free-range eggs outsell caged eggs and a number of powerful corporations like Walmart and McDonalds ... Read More
