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The Universe Is Intelligent—And Your Brain Is Tapping Into It to Form Your Consciousness, Scientist Says
The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that ...
Turns Out, You Can Die of Laughter—Here’s What You Need to Know
In order to have a chance of dying from laughter-induced fainting, a second thing has to happen, Dr. Braunstein explains—you ...
Museum Curators Discovered a 19th-Century Book Bound With the Skin of a Notorious Killer
Curators at Moyse’s Hall Museum (located in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk) just found an anthropodermic book hidden on an office ...
Researchers Discovered a Rare 13th-Century Manuscript. It Was Hiding in Plain Sight All Along.
Less than 40 copies of the Arthurian story Suite Vulgate du Merlin are known to exist. One was just found, binding together ...
50% of the Universe’s Matter Has Been Missing for Years. Scientists Just Found It.
Mysterious dark matter makes up 85 percent of matter in the universe, and of the remaining 15 percent, scientists couldn’t ...
Scratch Your Cybertruck? Tesla Says You Can Fix It Yourself ... With an Orbital Sander
While scrolling through the Cybertruck’s service manual to verify some info for a story, I stumbled across literature that ...
China’s Aircraft Carriers Are Rapidly Evolving—And That’s a Direct Threat to America
Like the chef of a rival restaurant, China has been closely studying the ingredients that make up U.S. aircraft carriers—and ...
Humans Could Grow Entirely New Teeth in Just a Few Years, Scientists Say
Growing an entire new tooth—or starting the process so that the cells can continue it when implanted—will require ...
A Family Was Renovating Their Townhome—and Found a Secret WWI Tunnel Underneath
A renovation of a townhome in Tielt, Belgium, led to the discovery of a secret tunnel system under the historic structures. The townhome complex was commandeered by the Germans during World War I and ...
Archaeologists Found a Smoking Gun Behind the End of the Maya Kingdom’s Reign
The discovery at the Maya site of Ucanal in Guatemala “marked a public dismantling of an old regime”—a rather pivotal moment ...
Scientists Detected Potential Signs of Life on a Distant Planet. This Is Not a Drill.
A chemical called dimethyl sulfide popped up in an analysis of exoplanet K2-18b’s atmosphere. On Earth, it’s only made by ...
The 8 Best Hiking Socks to Avoid Blisters on the Trails
Hiking socks are often overlooked in favor of more exciting purchases like new hiking boots or the latest backpacking ...