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A Doctor Says He Knows How the Brain Creates Consciousness. New Proof Shows He’s On to Something.

Stuart Hameroff has faced three decades of criticism for his quantum consciousness theory, but new studies show the idea may not be as fringe as once believed.

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Anti-Drone Weapons That Terrify America’s Enemies

By Kyle Mizokami

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The World’s Toughest Row

By Lesley Evans Ogden

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Cocaine, a Soviet Submarine, and a Con Man

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Your Mind Can Warp Time, Stanford Professor Says

By Stav Dimitropoulos

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How to Live Forever, or Die Trying

Can science finally overcome our ultimate biological limitations?

By Courtney Linder and Pavlína Černá

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Scientists Confirmed a Third Form of Magnetism

By Caroline Delbert

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Christianity’s Roman Empire History Upended

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These Letters Don’t Belong to Any Known Language

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Roman Soldier Flaccus Found 2,000 Years Later

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Military & Defense

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Is China’s New Stealth Fighter Just a Bootleg F-35?

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What a Future Space War Will Look Like

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New Underwater Nuclear Threats Against the U.S.

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China Invented an Invisibility Cloak for Drones

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A Chronological History of American Tanks

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Must-Read Story

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This Brilliant Engineer Helped Build the B-2 Bomber—Then Sold America's Stealth Secrets to China

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Tech

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The Best Metal Detectors of 2024

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The Best Photo Scanners for Digitizing Pictures

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Why AGM Car Batteries Are The Future

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The 7 Best Wi-Fi Routers

Science

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Lost Church Staircase Leads to Ancient Burials

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Is an Apelike Humanoid Still Living Among Us?

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China Built an Underground Orb

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Rare Terracotta Warrior Commander Uncovered

Space

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Scientists Could Solve the Information Paradox

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Scientists Say They Know How to Find Dyson Rings

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Could Fusion Energy Also Help Us Find Alien Life?

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There’s Still Unknown Physics in Our Universe

Dive Deep

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America Is Building the World's Biggest Battery—And It Will Run on Rust

Built on the bones of a shuttered mill, the battery will store 8,500 megawatt-hours of energy, enough to power about 57,000 homes.

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Flight

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9 Explanations for the Drone Sightings Over New Jersey, Ranked From Most to Least Likely

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Amazon December Drone Sale 2024

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Searchers Thought They Found Earhart’s Plane

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The Day Russia's Supersonic Jet Fell From the Sky

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What Doomed JFK Jr.'s Final Flight?

Badass Military Machines

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Why the F-15EX Is Such a Badass Plane

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Why the Leopard 2 Is Such a Badass Tank

By Kyle Mizokami

B-52 Badass Plane

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Why the B-52 Is Such a Badass Plane

By Alex Hollings

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Why the C-5 Galaxy Is Such a Badass Plane

By Kyle Mizokami

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Physics

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Scientists Are Working on Teleporting Humans

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This Would Be the Most Accurate Clock Ever Made

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How Nuclear Fusion Will Give Us Limitless Energy

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Black Holes Could Be Back Doors to Other Universes

Deep Math

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Two Teens Proved the Pythagorean Theorem

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A New Kind of Infinity Just Dropped

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Mathematicians Solved a Notorious Old Problem

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A New Formula for Pi Is Here

Home & DIY

Multi Tool Testing

The 9 Best Multitools, Tested

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Add Style With This DIY Mid-Century Coffee Table

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Gear of The Year 2025

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Our DIY Maestro: Roy Berendsohn

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Unlocking Consciousness

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Ancient Egyptians Got High to Seek Altered States of Consciousness, Archaeologists Say

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Aliens May Have Formed an AI-Based Consciousness

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You Could Be Visiting Other Dimensions in Dreams

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Scientists Are Trying to ‘See’ Your Consciousness

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Our Consciousness May Come From a Higher Dimension

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Culture

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Ghost Hunters Say They Can Prove Spirits Are Real

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Massive Treasure Trove or Elaborate Hoax?

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Hurricane-Hunting Aircraft Fly Into the Storm

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Clues Emerge About Mysterious Tunnels Below Europe

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Octopuses Just May Build the Next Civilization

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The Head Transplant Doctor Will See You Now

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Inside the Race to Save the Maple Syrup Industry

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Chasing an Asteroid

UFO Central

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Could We Eavesdrop on Alien Messages?

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Why UAPs Might Be Defying Laws of Physics

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Could This Metal Shard Be Alien Technology?

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Are Underwater UFOs an Imminent Threat?

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Our Planet

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Farmers Say the Sun Turned Their John Deere Tractors Into 'Demon-Possessed' Machines

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The First Ice-Free Arctic Day Could Arrive in 2027

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Scientists Find Life In a Permanently Frozen Lake

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Life Can Evolve in Many Directions—Even Backwards

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‘Conan the Bacterium’ Can Defy Radiation.

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Cars & Trucks

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The Best Tire Chains to Buy Now

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The 8 Best Portable Jump Starters

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The Best Portable Tire Inflators

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Cyber Monday Avapow Car Jump Starter Deals 2024

Adventure

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Filson Tin Cloth Field Jacket Review

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The 8 Best Snow Tubes

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The 7 Best Solar Generators, Tested and Explained

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The 7 Best Knives for Hunting

Gear & Gadgets

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The Best Dashcams for Your Next Road Trip

Stud Finder Testing

The 9 Best Stud Finders

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The 6 Best Flood Barriers

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The 8 Best Smokers

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The Best Dashcams for Your Next Road Trip

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The Best Metal Detectors of 2024

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The 9 Best Stud Finders

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The Best Photo Scanners for Digitizing Pictures

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The Best Pool Tables to Complete Your Game Room

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Lost Church Staircase Leads to Ancient Burials

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The 6 Best Flood Barriers

homo floresiensis

Is an Apelike Humanoid Still Living Among Us?

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Why AGM Car Batteries Are The Future

marble

China Built an Underground Orb

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Rare Terracotta Warrior Commander Uncovered

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9 Explanations for the Drones Over New Jersey