PNAS recently published an article on acupuncture. It's a credulous promoting the false narrative that acupuncture is more than a highly theatrical placebo.
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Experts say building a lunar colony within the next decade, as NASA and Elon Musk want to, will require finding solutions to problems we don't yet fully understand.
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People with meniscus tears who underwent surgery had poorer knee function and worse osteoarthritis after 10 years than those who did not
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A response to criticisms from the popular science communicator Hank Green.
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Nutrient-rich dark earth soil found in the Amazonian rainforest could be the key to combatting climate change.
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I want—desperately—to meet an alien. That’s why I must, absolutely, be a skeptic. We cannot rely on our desires or intuition to guide us to the truth, becau ...
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Sweet coffee, whipped cream, liquid sugar, and why exercise can’t save us
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The MQ-58 with conventional landing gear will mark the beginning of the Marines’ operational Collaborative Combat Aircraft journey, with other types likely to follow. The MQ-58 with conventional landing gear will mark the beginning of the Marines’ operational Collaborative Combat Aircraft journey, with other types likely to follow.
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Frontier AI is sold at a structural loss because users are still teaching the models. Three predictions for what happens when the apprenticeship ends — and who gets locked out of the workshop afterward.
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The recent capture of a Russian position using ground robots is a milestone for the use of machines in warfare.
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It is easy to think about the merits of any asset class as based entirely on its financial return prospects, but what if an asset provides a different benefit – what if it makes us feel good?…
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New research shows industries most exposed to AI are seeing faster output per worker, not mass layoffs. To the extent AI is showing up in the numbers, it's a productivity uplift, not a jobs apocalypse.
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We all know they’re casinos. It’s time to look at the data behind the froth.
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Sergey Brin knows the evil of socialism — and he’s decided to stop it from coming to California.
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Everything from condoms to skin care could be affected
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin’s new proposal, which revolves around the state Pass Through Entity Tax, would be another hit to high earners.
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Markets don't always sink when economies sag.
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