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Why did birds survive extinction while dinosaurs died out?
The brain of an ancient bird offers clues to the survival of its modern-day relatives.
28 ancient viruses unknown to science found in a Tibetan glacier
Scientists discover surviving viruses in 15,000-year-old glacier ice on the Tibetan Plateau in China.
Earth’s solid metal inner core is growing more on one side than the other
The eastern inner core located beneath Indonesia’s Banda Sea is growing faster than the western side beneath Brazil.
An Olympics without fanfare: What would the ancient Greeks think of the empty stadiums?
In ancient Greece, the Olympics were never solely about the athletes themselves.
Bad at math? Blame your neurotransmitters
A new brain imaging study explored how different levels of the brain’s excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters are linked to math abilities.
Epiphenomenalism: one of the most disturbing ideas in philosophy
Do our thoughts have any meaning whatsoever?
How humans came to rely on the kindness of strangers
For the ancients, hospitality was an inviolable law enforced by gods and priests and anyone else with the power to make you pay dearly for mistreating a stranger.
How to detect “stealth” solar storms before they destroy our society
While we can see many solar storms coming, some are “stealthy.” A new study shows how to detect them.