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Interpreter, Google's language translating tool, is coming to mobile and it's poised to change our everyday conversations.
Giant Christmas image took 80 miles and nine hours to make
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Expert opinions matter, especially when their knowledge is continuously refined by critical analysis.
Despite warnings and protestations from astronomers and skywatchers, Starlink is moving fast and breaking things. In May of this year, Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched the first group of its new satellite […]
After saving literally thousands on these business aids, you'll already be well on your way to a thriving new venture.
No harm done this time, but it's an ominous occurrence.
These films offer viewers a glimpse into the world as it is could be.
Following two deadly crashes, the FAA has been engaged in a lengthy review process of the Boeing 737. With recent news that the review may continue into 2020, Boeing has opted to halt production of the plane.
Consider the 2,600 times we touch our phones every day.
By not taking emergency action to combat climate change, we're gambling dangerously with the future.
It's a victory for homeless advocates on the West Coast, who say criminalizing homelessness is cruel and ineffective.
Thinning forests in the Western United States can save billions of gallons of water per year and improve conservation efforts.
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Laughing is so contagious that we often forget how subjective humor is.
It’s both accurate and slightly misleading to call the keto diet a “fad diet”. On the one hand, the keto diet has in recent years become a fad, taking over a […]
The hot Big Bang occurred 13.8 billion years ago, and there’s no other possible answer consistent with what we know today. Conceptually, it might seem like the simplest idea in existence […]
The Zen of choreographer Merce Cunningham comes alive in a new documentary about his life.
A growing body of research suggests that the "clinical pessimism" over treating psychopathy is unwarranted.
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Is it acceptable to write a story from the perspective of someone who is completely unlike you?
The most famous ‘supernova impostor’ of all could have died back in the 1840s. Here’s what we think kept it alive. In all of astronomy, no stellar event releases more energy […]
How an environmental theology class opened my eyes—and mind—to my biblical responsibility.