A study on Indo-European languages, using direct linguistic data, reconciles the two dominant hypotheses of where and how ...

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A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

Pickled vegetables, a cultural staple, are linked to oesophageal cancer. Compounds formed during pickling and fermentation ...

A research team has managed to “bottle” a highly reactive carbene in water, overturning a major assumption in chemistry.

WIRED spoke with DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli about the recent past—and promising future—of the Nobel Prize-winning research ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer ...

A major international review has upended long-held ideas about how top performers are made. By analyzing nearly 35,000 elite ...

Recent studies showing wide cultural and individual differences in biophilia call into question the claim that humans are ...

For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are ...