The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer ...

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In an open letter published Thursday in Science, a group of 18 scientists called for a new investigation into the origin of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, arguing that “theories of accidental ...

In this scenario, our first contact with aliens would be tragic. We should look for "loud shouts in the night".

Oceanographers have analyzed data from an iron-fertilization experiment in the Southern Ocean. Unfortunately most of the carbon from lush plankton blooms, both artificially fertilized and natural, ...

Gillings first began to think about PMS when he found out that premenstrual dysphoric disorder was being added to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. “I ...

What causes the memory loss and cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease? For decades researchers have known that the peptide beta amyloid starts to build up in the brains of Alzheimer’s ...

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