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Fast radio bursts get even more mysterious with new detections and point to a new culprit: magnetically supercharged neutron stars.
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Lamar Smith refuses to give up on manufacturing a scandal, demanding publicly available data from NOAA
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Quantification and tracking gets people to do more of what you want them to do, but makes doing it a lot less fun.
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A modern twist on a classic experiment shows how we mentally disassociate from ourselves when carrying out orders.
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A new study showing that your through patterns are unique enough to be seen on a brain scan is being misinterpreted as a test run of an IQ detector.
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A study of conspiracy theorists shows that conspiratorial ideation is actually a political, not a logical matter.
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Over-quantification and commodification of research is encouraging bad behavior and slowing down scientists.
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Another scary side-effect of global warming may be the resurrection of ancient viruses from melting permafrost.
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The most thorough study of quantum entanglement to date shows that "spooky action" is really happening.
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Stephen Hawking hasn't actually solved the black hole information paradox and his latest work raises more questions than it provides answers.
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Chipotle tried to appeal to the most ardent anti-GMO activists. Now it's paying the price.
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Technology that can keep organs preserved and functioning outside a body are raising some thorny moral questions for ethicists.
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Skeptico might sound like a skeptical blog, but as demonstrated by its approach to a profile of Dr. Eben Alexander, it's anything but.
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It's a lot easier to get your paper noticed and read if people can understand what you're trying to say and why. And scientists crunched the numbers to prove it.
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A new study shows that human languages do tend to follow the same logical rules, but the theory's sheer scope means it only takes one exception to invalidate its premise.
