Cannibal Calories: Early Humans Likely Didn’t Eat Each Other for Nutrition

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By Knvul Sheikh Prehistoric humans were known to feast on horses and reindeer, but occasionally, these early humans would also chow down on each other....

How Long Do We Remember Major Plane Crashes?

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By Stephanie Pappas American Airlines Flight 587. Germanwings Flight 9525. Air France Flight 447. How long will these flights, all of which crashed and killed...

Global Warming Science

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97% of climate scientists agree that the radical changes in the Earth’s climate, over the past century, are caused by human industry. So what...

Can the Trump-Russia Scandal Really End in Treason Charges?

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Of course, none of the Congressional and FBI investigations have concluded and we don’t really know what happened, other than the reports by the...

We Should All “Get Over” Pluto

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Should Pluto still be a planet? The issue has been hotly debated for many years, but Neil deGrasse Tyson has recently drawn a line...

Spiders Eat up to 800 Million Tons of Prey per Year,...

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by PAUL RATNER Who are the world’s top predators? It’s not humans, killer whales or tigers. The creatures that kill and consume the most amount...

Ketamine: A Club Drug That May Be the Future of Antidepressants

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by PAUL RATNER A powerful anesthetic, used as an animal tranquilizer and an illicit club drug, has been receiving growing attention for its potential to...

The ‘Internet of Things’ Will Take Nudge Theory Too Far

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by JOSEPH F. COUGHLIN My mother turned sharply, red-faced, yelling at me to “stop being a noodge!” Shopping with my mother as a young boy...

Astronomy: The Gateway Drug of Science

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Doing astronomy may be the closest activity we have to science-for-science’s-sake — gazing across endless distances to view objects that aren’t in the location...

Here’s Why Evolution Can Be “Survival of the Friendliest”

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by JAG BHALLA 1. Life’s games are not all “red in tooth and claw” fights. And you need no brain to see that a “war...

Buddhist Monks in China Have Offset 40 Million Tons of Greenhouse...

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by ROBBY BERMAN A newly released study shows that by eating a vegetarian diet, Buddhists in China annually prevent roughly 40 million tons of greenhouse...

Quantum Theory Could Explain Our Sense of Humor, Study Shows

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by PHILIP PERRY The rule is, if you have to explain the joke, it isn’t funny anymore. But what about humor in general? Why do...

Virtual Reality and Psychedelics are Opening New Pathways to Treating Mental...

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by DEREK BERES For much of history the discussion of mental health was considered taboo. People simply “weren’t right,” or, in a mystical-psychological take, they...

Two Cities Launch Plans for a Flying Taxi Service by the...

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by PHILIP PERRY Few things are infuriating as traffic. Think about all the hours lost over a lifetime just sitting there, instead of being home,...

How Optimistic Are You? It Probably Depends on Your Age

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Many of us worry about getting older. We worry we will miss our youth, or that our health will decline and leave us miserable....

4 Cognitive Abilities That Actually Peak When You Are Older

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by PAUL RATNER Many of us do not look, feel or act our age. Sooner or later, of course, time tends to catch up. Some...

Activist Spends Hours Each Day Driving Water To Animals In Drought-Stricken...

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By Amanda Froelich at trueactivist.com “There is completely no water, so the animals are depending on humans. If we don’t help them, they will die.” Both people...

Solar Geoengineering Experiment Manipulating Climate to Begin

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Conspiracy theory no more, Harvard scientists confirm seeding the atmosphere may be the only hope to reduce climate change - but at what cost...

Neil Degrasse Tyson says he will travel with SpaceX if Elon...

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Neil deGrasse Tyson is willing to fly to Mars with SpaceX, as long as company founder and CEO Elon Musk meets a few key...

Gas Attack Is Said to Kill Dozens in Syria

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BEIRUT, Lebanon — The deadliest chemical weapons attack in years in Syria killed dozens of people in northern Idlib province on Tuesday morning, including...