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One of the problems with the study of consciousness is the lack of a universally accepted operational definition. Scientist René Descartes famously proposed the idea of cogito ergo sum (“I think, ...

Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.

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Utrecht University researchers Rodolfo Subert and Marjolein Dijkstra show in their latest study that complex ...

Baker’s yeast isn’t just useful in the kitchen — it may also be built for space. Researchers found that yeast cells can ...

With new technology, smarter tools, and a lot of patient digging, historians and archaeologists are uncovering marvels from every corner of the world. One day it’s an enormous thigh bone from a ...

Although some of us may not be familiar with the eureka moment, it is a sudden, unexpected flash of insight, inspiration or discovery when you realise a solution to a difficult problem or understand a ...

Picture your typical morning. You wake up, maybe scroll through your phone, feel kind of bad about that, get up and brush your teeth. All this is a collection of habits. Some are healthy habits, some ...