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Whether or not you’ve ever used the word flutter, you’ve encountered the phenomenon – in flags, airplanes, bridges…
Cognitive psychologists know the way our minds work means we not only don't notice errors and misinformation we know…
A core idea in molecular biology is that one gene codes for one protein. Now biologists have found an example of a gene…
The wired Earth of the 21st century is at the mercy of the volatile nature of the sun.
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Facebook's users have wildly different expectations about privacy and security. What may look like inadequate oversight…
In the wake of a self-driving Uber car killing a pedestrian in Arizona, an ethicist examines the state of autonomous vehicle…
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Pakistan had only eight new diagnoses of polio in 2017. The virus' days look numbered – but health workers have their…
Users shouldn't trust Facebook, but that doesn't mean they should immediately abandon what has become a crucial…
The genes in our cells' mitochondria are passed on in a different way than the vast majority of our DNA. New studies…
When structures collapse, what's involved in finding out what really happened?