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Who are the biggest drug users in most developed countries? Adults over age 65. A 2022 systematic review of studies conducted across five continents estimated that 45% of these older adults ...

The Trump administration has released its 2027 science budget proposal. Nature Magazine emotes "MASSIVE BUDGET CUTS FOR SCIENCE PROPOSED AGAIN BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION". Again! To be fair, all ...

If you scroll through social media for long enough, you'll probably find videos claiming that listening to songs tuned to "A 432Hz" can provide an amazing sense of calmness or healing. It's ...

The Lockheed U-2 is one of the most groundbreaking aircraft ever devised. In the mid-1950s, when commercial aircraft were flying at 35,000 feet and jet fighters could maybe push 60,000 feet, the U-2 ...

We have a vaccine that prevents shingles. We have a vaccine that markedly lowers the risk of dementia. We have a vaccine that might even slow aging itself. Conveniently, these three vaccines are ...

Hantavirus is causing concern across the world--and reminding many of a certain pandemic that happened six years ago. On May 12, USA Today reported, "At least 18 people are currently under ...

"We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile." The signature statement of Star Trek's most iconic villains is known to any ardent Trek fan. For the uninitiated, the Borg are a ...

Residents of different countries don't age the same. This should be pretty obvious. Some countries are vastly more developed than others. Their inhabitants enjoy a higher quality of life, with better ...

Walk into any supermarket and you are surrounded by carbon. Not the kind measured in parts per million in climate reports, but carbon in its most tangible form: the polymer shell of a shampoo ...

If intelligent life exists beyond Earth, we may be picturing the wrong kind of encounter. Most of us imagine other beings as biological creatures. They may look strange, but we still tend to ...