astrophysics
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Historian Rutger Bregman argues that the persistent theory that most people are monsters is just wrong.
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Zircons in a Martian meteorite widens the possible timeframe for life on Mars.
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A new study found similarities between the human brain and the cosmic network of galaxies.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is making health disparities in the United States crystal clear. It is a clarion call for health care systems to double their efforts in vulnerable communities.
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Synchronous movement seems to help us form cohesive groups by shifting our thinking from "me" to "we."
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The bubonic plague ravaged the world for centuries, killing up to 200 million people.
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The "lone genius" often gets the credit for big ideas, but real-world innovation is a team sport.
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A team of astrophysicists uses AI to figure out which clusters of stars merged to become our galaxy.
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At the heart of the job is a cognitive ability called 'situational awareness' that involves 'the continuous extraction of environmental information [and the] integration of this information with prior knowledge to form a coherent mental picture'.
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Robots are stepping in to fill essential roles, such as sanitizing warehouses and hospitals, ferrying test samples to laboratories, and serving as telemedicine avatars.