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Nobel Prize Awarded for Discoveries on How Cells Adapt to Oxygen

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine honors work elucidating how cells adjust to low oxygen levels.

October 12, 2019

Why We’re Drawn Into Darkness

Author Robert MacFarlane on the awe and horror of subterranean places.

October 9, 2019

Is the Search for Dark Matter an Act of Faith?

In an underground laboratory, the talk turns to religion.

October 9, 2019

Your Brain Chooses What to Let You See

Beneath our awareness, the brain lets certain kinds of stimuli automatically capture our attention by lowering the priority of the rest.

October 3, 2019

The 315-Year-Old Science Experiment

How counting sunspots unites the past and future of science.

October 3, 2019

How Freedom Divides

An expert on animal societies on what sets human societies apart.

October 2, 2019

Would You Survive a Merger with AI?

The cost of brain enhancement may be your identity.

October 2, 2019