Research Assistant at Cleveland State University and Programme Lead at the African Quantum Consortium, Mrs Temitope Adeniyi, ...

Scientists have uncovered a way to manipulate the pathway in monkey brains that puts the brakes on motivation.

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Wishing for an extra hour in the day is a common refrain throughout the industrialized world. And every fall, in places where the clocks fall back an hour, that wish reaches fruition. Yet many people ...

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You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. I like to talk, and, sometimes, when I find that I’m droning on and on, I rein myself in by ...

Like haunted houses? Scientists do. That's because they're an excellent place to study how humans respond to — and actively seek out — fear. "Typically when we study things in the lab, we're exposing ...

When I left the classroom 12 years ago, computer science was still treated like a niche pursuit, something for the few. Today, it’s the engine of change across every sector. In K–12 education, it is ...

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Global momentum continues to build behind nuclear power. There are more than 400 nuclear reactors in operation today in 31 countries, and the number of countries that are considering, planning or well ...

When it comes to longevity, women are much more likely to outlive men. In the U.S., the gap widened to 5.8 years in 2021. On average, men can expect to live just shy of 76 years, compared to 81 for ...