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Science is for everyone, even those possessing strongly held beliefs that seem to conflict with the best available evidence.
IceCube just found an active galaxy in the nearby Universe, 47 million light-years away, through its neutrino emissions: a cosmic first.
Thanks to a couple of rovers, we know Mars was once blue.
About 8% of our genome is made of leftover viruses from our ancestors' infections.
It's perhaps never been harder to resist the urge to overspend.
Marcus Tullius Cicero is widely regarded as one of the most gifted orators in human history. His writings can teach us a lot about the lost art of public speaking.
Overwintering is profoundly stressful for trees. So why do they bother?
Your mentors made time for you. Now, go and make time for others.
There are plenty of alternatives to spending a fortune on employee training programs. These 10 options are a great place to start.
We know the Universe is expanding, but scientists don't agree on the rate. This is a legitimate problem.
Using physics, Ross Chastain floored it during the final turn, scraping the wall and passing 5 cars to advance to the NASCAR championship.
Antibodies can start forming in intestines over 10 years before symptoms arise.
Your very own "Conspiracy Detection Kit."
Their neurons are very different from "normal" people.
It's time for Tetris.
Rushdie was heavily criticized by figures across the political spectrum for being offensive. People tried to “cancel” Rushdie long before that term was invented.
Billions of years ago, the ever-increasing entropy must've been much lower: the past hypothesis. Here's how cosmic inflation solves it.
Today’s scary clowns are not a divergence from tradition, but a return to it.