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It’s 100 years since astronomy’s famous ‘great debate.’ We still haven’t learned the most compelling lesson of all. So, you’ve arrived at a crossroads: you think the world works in a […]
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Do space and time really exist? NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller looks at the implications of Einstein's famous equation E=mc2.
Your morning coffee is good for you – if you drink it at the right time.
On May 4, 1970, the National Guard shot and killed four students during an anti-war protest. The massacre went on to change American culture forever.
Apps that warn about close contact with COVID-19 cases can help relax social distancing rules.
Those ancient Chinese philosophers earned their insights.
Across the land, state-driven pacts, partnerships, councils and task forces replace a coordinated federal response.
In both visible light and infrared, we get a preview of the spectacular advances that await the James Webb Space Telescope. What astronomers see isn’t just determined by the telescope […]
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Should pharmaceutical companies pay people for their plasma? Here's why paid plasma is a hot ethical issue.
A leading British space scientist thinks there is life under the ice sheets of Europa.
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We wouldn't want to live without it, so how can we create art that's durable?
It should be just as sticky (or non-sticky) as normal matter. Here’s how we know. Not only here on Earth, but everywhere in the Universe that we look, we find structures […]
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Why did the dinosaurs go extinct? Because they didn't have a space program.
I’m a small business owner in New York City. Until the CARES Act was passed, which offered loans to small businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis, I’d forgotten my bank […]
Combining two fabrics is the best way to filter out infectious coronavirus particles according to a new study.
The visual languages of comics and graphic novels are great exercise for developing brains.
An antibody produced by llamas seems particularly effective at neutralizing a key protein of the novel coronavirus.
Non-avian dinosaurs were thought terrestrially bound, but newly unearthed fossils suggest they conquered prehistoric waters, too.
Visiting even one friend can undo all the good work that social distancing has accomplished. Over the past few months, people all over the world have come to realize just […]
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Dr. Kate Biberdorf explains why boiling water makes it safer and how water molecules are unusual and cool.