What is an attosecond? A physical chemist explains the tiny time scale behind Nobel Prize-winning research
Work in attosecond physics has led to a better understanding of how electrons move around. Oselote/iStock via Getty Images Aaron…
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Becoming the Person You Desire: A Comprehensive Guide
Becoming the Person You Desire: A Comprehensive Guide. We all have aspirations of becoming our ideal selves, but it can…
Own Your Behaviors, Master Your Communication, and Determine Your Success
Own Your Behaviors, Master Your Communication, and Determine Your Success In the pursuit of success, one often looks outward, seeking…
Deceit pays dividends: How CEO lies can boost stock ratings and fool even respected financial analysts
Everyone is vulnerable to the ‘truth bias’ − even people paid to know better. Stephanie Phillips/E+ via Getty Images Steven…
Your microbes live on after you die − a microbiologist explains how your necrobiome recycles your body to nourish new life
hAfter you die, bacteria harvest your body for the nutrients that help push daisies. Matriyoshka/iStock via Getty Images Plus Jennifer…
Trump out on bail – a criminal justice expert explains the system of cash bail
Donald Trump poses for his booking photo on August 24, 2023, in Atlanta. Fulton County Sheriff’s Office via Getty Images…
Seeing what the naked eye can’t − 4 essential reads on how scientists bring the microscopic world into plain sight
This microscopy image shows the retina of a mouse, laid flat and made fluorescent. Kenyoung Kim, Wonkyu Ju and Mark…
AI and new standards promise to make scientific data more useful by making it reusable and accessible
Data replication is an integral part of the scientific process, which proper research data management can improve. Tom Werner/DigitalVision via…
Why does your hair curl in the summer? A chemist explains the science behind hair structure
Summer humidity can change the way your hair is behaving – but what’s the science behind that? Tim Robberts/Stone via…
What is a flash flood? A civil engineer explains
Pickup trucks creep through flood waters in Richland, Miss., following a morning of torrential rains in August 2022. AP Photo/Rogelio…
Meta’s Threads is surging, but mass migration from Twitter is likely to remain an uphill battle
Meta’s new Threads platform is going gangbusters, but that doesn’t mean it will replace Twitter. AP Photo/Richard Drew Casey Fiesler,…
Why we know so little about the Earth’s ocean
Why we know so little about the Earth’s ocean. Despite covering more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean…
Does this cause cancer? How scientists determine whether a chemical is carcinogenic – sometimes with controversial result
Carcinogenic chemicals are labeled with a health hazard warning symbol. Peter Etchells/iStock via Getty Images Plus Brad Reisfeld, Colorado State…
What is involuntary manslaughter?
Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, in late 2021 while filming a movie in New Mexico.…
Why America has a debt ceiling: 5 questions answered
The sky’s not always the limit. AP Photo/Susan Walsh Steven Pressman, The New School Why America has a debt ceiling:…
What causes stuttering?
The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not.…
Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush
Aerosol plumes from commercial toilets can rise 5 feet above the bowl. John Crimaldi/Scientific Reports, CC BY-NC-ND John Crimaldi, University…
Business management doesn’t always have to be about capitalism – this course shows how it can also be a calling
Business management doesn’t always have to be about capitalism – this course shows how it can also be a calling Business…
How was Halloween invented?
How was Halloween invented? Once a Celtic pagan tradition, the holiday has evolved to let kids and adults try on…
Mind the gap: gender differences in time use narrowing, but slowly
Shutterstock John Hawkins, University of Canberra and Michael James Walsh, University of Canberra The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released…
New study seeks to explain the ‘Mandela Effect’ – the bizarre phenomenon of shared false memories
When asked to recall the popular children’s book series ‘The Berenstain Bears,’ many people make the same error by spelling…
Super-Earths are bigger, more common and more habitable than Earth itself – and astronomers are discovering more of the billions they think are out there
Astronomers think the most likely place to find life in the galaxy is on super-Earths, like Kepler-69c, seen in this…