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Curiosity drives much of our learning and creativity. Where do we get it from, and how does it change our brains?

Probing Humanity’s Endless ‘Why?’

NASA is preparing a year-long test to examine how off-the-shelf supercomputers might withstand radiation in space.

Supercomputers In Space, Alternative Cancer Therapies, And A Frozen Fruitcake

Researchers mapped the neurons that pick up on pitch in spoken language.

Oh, Really? How Our Brain Turns Pitch Into Meaning

Physicist Max Tegmark contemplates how artificial intelligence could reshape work, justice, and society in the future.

What Would An A.I.-Influenced Society Look Like In 10,000 Years?

En una entrevista en español, la bioquímica Rosa Vásquez Espinosa relata sus aventuras en busca de pequeños pero poderosos microbios en este río sagrado. Puedes leer un artículo sobre el trabajo de Rosa con el río hirviendo en nuestra página web: sciencefriday.com/riohirviente

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SciFri en Español: El Río Hirviente De Perú Tiene Más De Lo Que El Ojo Ve

Nurses Talk, Healthcare in America is proud to present a new series of mini pods called CODE WACK. The mini pods are teasers and all full podcasts are available at HEAL CA https://heal-ca.org/podcasts/

Welcome to CODE WACK, a healthcare reform educational mini-podcast..

A researcher looking for gendered bias against robots found something else instead: We just don’t trust them at all.

In Robots We (Don’t) Trust

60 years after the introduction of the pill, we look at the effect of contraceptives—and how much progress has actually been made.

Why Are Half The Pregnancies In The U.S. Unintended?

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