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Automation Has Encouraged the Pilot’s Wandering Mind

With increasing automation, pilots may be thinking about the cold cuts they're going to buy at the deli instead of focusing on the flight.

There has been very little research into the effects of throwing the parents of more than a million children into prison.

With a ton of land and plenty of weather variability, it will take much longer before a majority of the public feels the effects of extreme weather.

Studies on health disparities are being confounded by yet another disparity: the disproportionate incarceration of black men.

The psychological difference between shopping with a friend and shopping with a family member.

Pteropods need shells, but growing them can be difficult when the oceans are full of acid.

Extreme weather and rising seas are starting to wreak havoc on our transportation systems.

Researchers compared the Mona Lisa's background with the hills shown in its stereo pair. In doing so, they revealed a da Vinci secret.

A clue from an Egyptian tomb has provided scientists with a new explanation of how stones were transported for the construction of pyramids.