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Humankind’s Most Ambitious Search for Life’s Beginnings

From mythological tales to the exploration of Mars, humans have hunted the heavens for the answers to life. Yet never before has there been an attempt quite as bold as the Hayabusa2 mission. Launched…
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Biology
Why Are You So Smart? Thank Your Mom & Your Difficult Birth

Looking around our planet today, it’s hard not to be struck by humanity’s uniqueness. We are the only species around that writes books, runs experiments, and builds skyscrapers. Our…
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Biology
Before We Painted Like Picasso, We Had to Share Like Gandhi

In Earth’s not-so-distant fossil record of human ancestors, an important change appears around 200,000 years ago. Compared with earlier specimens, these skeletons are relatively…
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Ideas
New Year’s Resolutions and the Science of Willpower

The “marshmallow experiment” has become a famous way to measure the self-control of children. (This is a version of the test made for entertainment, not research, purposes.)Every year…
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