100 years ago today researchers published the results of the infamous, disturbing ‘Little Albert’ experiment

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‘Deaf’ genius Beethoven was able to hear his final symphony after all

The Russian Conspiracy Theory That Won’t Die

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Whatever Happened to ______ ?

Gallery: Interior Views of the Central Social Institution in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1937

British Police Seek “Rightful Owner” of The One Ring

9,008 days

Dense stars spotted twisting and dragging the spacetime continuum

On this day in 1953 an extraordinary storm struck the North Sea coasts of Britain and the Netherlands

Could Phoenix survive a water crisis?

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Artificial Intelligence Will Do What We Ask. That’s a Problem.

Lost world revealed by human, Neanderthal relics washed up on North Sea beaches

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Are Humans the Only Musical Species?

Artists Who Paint With Their Feet Have Unique Brain Patterns

Researchers Discover “Ghost Worms” Mostly Unchanged Since the Age of Dinosaurs, Despite 140 Million Years of Evolution

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Cool Discovery Could Finally Explain Gigantic Ice Rings Found on Siberian Lake

A Tiny Glass Bead Goes as Still as Nature Allows

Russian Scientists Reveal Plans for Fusion-Fission Reactor

How We Pay Attention Changes the Very Shape of Our Brains

A deep dive into the Apollo Guidance Computer, and the hack that saved Apollo 14

Everyone Has Neanderthal DNA in Their Genome, New Genetic Analysis Shows

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The Professor Who Smuggled Intellectuals Out of Nazi-Occupied France

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