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Global warming is making heat weaves in already scorching years much worse. And none of us are ready for just how nasty things could get.
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According to science, we tend to see ourselves through rose-tinted glasses and forgive ourselves a lot more than we should. And that can be a real problem.
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New research into the psychological roots of greed shows that greed may mean access to more money and luxuries, but at the cost of damaging literally everything else.
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Is time travel possible? What would happen if you did it? How would you do it? The answers to these questions are surprisingly complicated and weird.
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According to the news, our planet's core has stopped spinning and will soon reverse. What's really happening is a lot less exciting, but still pretty neat.
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Despite what cranks, frauds, and their fans will tell you, scientists do listen to amateurs with good ideas, as two recent news stories demonstrate.
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Suburbs have long been the subject of consternation and ire from activists and urban planners, and research seems to agree with their critiques.
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After decades of promises, fusion research finally yielded the breakthrough we've all been waiting to see. Sort of. And there's a lot of work still to do.
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Controversial new research offers us a chance to create tools to fight pandemics before they start. But can it really live up to its hype? And is it safe?
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Police are starting to use newborns' blood samples in criminal investigations involving their parents, alarming privacy advocates and legal scholars.
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Scientists figured out how to make cold brew coffee in a matter of minutes with laser pulses.
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Yet another study promising to help us find a planet beyond the orbit of Pluto fails. So, where exactly is Planet Nine? And why haven't we found it?
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When people go out of their way to avoid backlash, it taxes the mind. Now, researchers want to know how to make inclusivity easier on the brain.
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Don't ignore the media attention to worldwide heatwaves. They're a warning sign of why we can't handle climate change.
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New studies can answer why support for authoritarianism is on the rise and more and people are becoming disillusioned with democracy.
