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The patient's second infection was asymptomatic, suggesting that subsequent infections may be milder.
The Universe is dark, but the distorted light reveals its presence. When we look at the objects in the Universe, the mass just doesn’t add up. A galaxy that was […]
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Math doesn't suck. It is one of humanity's greatest and most mysterious journeys.
A new study discovers how blazars shoot out jets of radiation towards Earth.
DNA molecules are highly programmable.
Not long after the COVID-19 pandemic caused colleges to start teaching remotely, students balked at the idea of paying full tuition for online learning. It’s not hard to understand why. […]
By projecting lifetime risk, an alarming new medical study centers the human lives that will be lost due to gun violence and drug addiction in the United States.
Non-partisans are real, and their lack of partisanship has a cognitive element.
The system is basically facial recognition technology, but for cars.
A new study shows that naming conventions will change how infants represent objects in their memories.
One reason to suspect you have COVID-19 may be the order in which the symptoms appear.
Science has been male-biased far too long.
The Baltic nation rolls out an unlikely tourist attraction: 47 weird ice cream flavors.
Researchers figure out the function of mysterious heart structures first described by da Vinci.
It likely isn’t the rare occurrence we once thought it was. In our Solar System, there’s one overwhelming source of mass that all the planets orbit around: our Sun. Each planet […]
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What are schools for and who is leading the ship?
Fossils depicting animals in action are very rare.
Why do Black newborns have a relatively high mortality rate in the U.S. — and how does the race of the doctor factor in?
The human body is endlessly fascinating.
If there are cracks in Einstein’s theory, this is how to find them. Is Einstein’s most powerful theory, General Relativity, always correct? Or will there come a point where it breaks […]