Flat Earthers have travelled to Antarctica and even attempted to fly to space in homemade rockets in their quest to prove the world is really a flat disc. But you don't need to go anywhere near as far ...

When you push or pull with a simple machine, you are applying a force and doing work. And, if you get more force out of a machine than you put into it, then that machine has a mechanical advantage.

She embodied something that feels rare in our modern world: the simple act of treating others — human or animal — with compassion. Lindsay L. Graff is a PhD student at the University of ...

Apple is pushing into some fresh territory with the iPhone 17 Pro Max this year. The iPhone Air is a brand-new model, and the iPhone 17 is a rehash of the iPhone 16. But the Pro? Apple carries over ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

Discovering that a paper contains data that appears to be fraudulent is an academic researcher’s nightmare. It leads to professional blacklisting, reevaluation of entire bodies of work, even a ...

Maybe that’s why a reader who had watched Don’t Die, the quasi documentary about Bryan Johnson, the tech entrepreneur turned anti-aging guru who says his rigorous health routine has cut at least five ...

Abstract: In lifelong learning, data are used to improve performance not only on the present task, but also on past and future (unencountered) tasks. While typical transfer learning algorithms can ...

With the stresses of daily life, it can often seem difficult to find moments to smell the proverbial roses. But you don’t necessarily need a lot of time or effort to experience meaningful joy, a ...

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