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By taking Satan out of the religious context, storytellers explored the nature of sin in new ways.
Although most of the Universe's mass is dark matter, which gravitates just as well as normal matter, it still can't make black holes.
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Should we worry about fascist politics? Philosopher Jason Stanley plays devil’s advocate.
Fittingly, the skull was found in the Rising Star cave of South Africa, itself located at a site known to UNESCO as the Cradle of Mankind.
From textiles and transportation to chemicals and microchips, a group of researchers proposes a new way to measure the impact of innovation.
The latest gravitational wave data from LIGO and Virgo finally shows us the truth: there are no "gaps" in the masses of black holes.
The German thinker wrote both treatises and songs. He approached each form of expression with the same level of interest.
Many have argued that free will is an illusion, but science does not support that.
Learning styles are supposed to help learners take ownership of their education, but research doesn’t back up this well-intentioned myth.
A report from MIT outlines a six-point plan to usher in a new age of nuclear power.
Virgin birth – which involves the development of an unfertilised egg – has preoccupied humans for aeons. And although it can’t happen in mammals, it does seem to be possible in […]
Based on the atoms that they're made out of, the innermost planet should always be the densest. Here's why Earth beats Mercury, hands down.
Although many dinosaurs never left the ground, they still possessed the basic structural framework for flight.
Even some philosophers don’t think highly of philosophy, but we need it now more than ever.
“Should they strike, each of them has an energy at impact equal to all of the nuclear weapons on Earth combined."
Though these ancient settlers of China were culturally cosmopolitan, their DNA turns out to have been completely distinct from the communities with which they interacted.
A mouthwash solution containing ferumoxytol and a dye could treat, prevent, and diagnose tooth decay, according to UPenn researchers.
It had long seemed impossible that supermassive black holes could grow to such enormous sizes. But the biggest problem is now solved.