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Watch the stunning “icy fingers of death” instantly freeze creatures
Strange underwater icicles form in the Earth’s coldest regions and freeze living organisms in place.
Can quantum physics explain consciousness?
One of the most important open questions in science is how our consciousness is established.
How to read the HR diagram, the most important graph in astrophysics
One single plot of data embodies the most profound thing we know about the stars.
How jumping spiders can distinguish the living from the non-living
Eight-eyed arachnids can tell when an object’s movement is not quite right.
To boost the economy, treat the cause of aging
By slowing down aging, we could reap trillions of dollars in economic benefits.
Stock market bubbles: Our evolutionary roots explain why investors follow the herd
The same parts of the brain that help us navigate complex social interactions can also drive us to make wildly bad investments.
Benjamin Franklin on vaccination and a deadly virus outbreak
Exactly 300 years ago, in 1721, Benjamin Franklin and his fellow American colonists faced a deadly smallpox outbreak.
Not just COVID: mortality rates are up from homicides, drug overdoses, accidents
Some of these trends may be due, in part, to the lockdown.
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