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Growing Inventory of Black Holes Offers a Radical Probe of the Cosmos

One black hole is nice, but astrophysicists can do a lot more science with 50 of them.

February 18, 2021

Martin Luther Rewired Your Brain

How mass literacy, spurred by Protestantism, reconfigured our neural pathways.

February 17, 2021

Why Making Our Brains Noisier Feels Good

A counterintuitive approach to improving our mental health.

February 17, 2021

I Am a Heroin User. I Do Not Have a Drug Problem

Carl Hart says drug addiction is often distorted by scientists and the media.

February 17, 2021

The Alien-Haunted World

Are space scientists too conservative and close-minded about the possibility that ET exists?

February 14, 2021

Why Computers Will Never Write Good Novels

The power of narrative flows only from the human brain.

February 10, 2021

Digging Deeper Into Holocaust History

What geoscientists are uncovering in Eastern Europe.

February 10, 2021

The New Taboos

By re-imagining ancient practices, Pacific Islanders are charting a new course for ocean conservation

February 4, 2021

Some Proteins Change Their Folds to Perform Different Jobs

Unusual proteins that can quickly fold into different shapes provide cells with a novel regulatory mechanism.

February 4, 2021

Cognitive Scientists Are Going to the Dogs

Unleashing a new breed of research into co-evolution and the aging brain.

February 3, 2021

The Doctor Will Sniff You Now

Step aside, Dr. House, Deep Nose will one day be the best diagnostician in medicine.

February 3, 2021