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The inequalities impact everything from education to health.
Think they all burn through their fuel, die, and leave white dwarfs, neutron stars, or black holes behind? Think again. The day will come when our Sun, like most stars, can […]
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Astrophysicist Michelle Thaller talks ISS and why NICER is so important.
That's not frankincense you smell at the "holy of the holies."
Just before I turned 60, I discovered that sharing my story by drawing could be an effective way to both alleviate my symptoms and combat that stigma.
The double-slit experiment, all these years later, still holds the key mystery at the heart of quantum physics. When we divide up matter into the smallest possible chunks that it’s made […]
A joint study by two England universities explores the link between sex and cognitive function with some surprising differences in male and female outcomes in old age.
Mathematicians studied 100 billion tweets to help computer algorithms better understand our colloquial digital communication.
With the coronavirus pandemic upending summer plans, now's the perfect time to learn something new.
In order, they go: hydrogen, helium, oxygen, carbon, neon, nitrogen, magnesium, silicon, iron, sulfur. Here’s how we made them. Everything found on planet Earth is composed of the same ingredients: atoms. […]
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The future of education and work will rely on teaching students deeper problem-solving skills.
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These Jurassic predators resorted to cannibalism when hit with hard times, according to a deliciously rare discovery.
Start building momentum by breaking your new side business idea down into manageable baby steps.
As a doctor, I am reminded every day of the fragility of the human body, how closely mortality lurks just around the corner.
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Tyson dives into the search for alien life, dark matter, and the physics of football.
SpaceX's momentous Crew Dragon launch is a sign of things to come for the space industry, and humanity's future.
Researchers devise an effective new predictive tool for maritime first-responders.
The program aims to notify people after they've come in close contact with someone who tested positive.
A new study may help us better understand how children build social cognition through caregiver interaction.
Researchers at UT Southwestern noted a 47 percent increase in blood flow to regions associated with memory.