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Donating to the right charities can save lives.
The gem lapis lazuli is the source of luminescent blue in manuscript illustrations.
A blank canvas for generations of science.
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Financial literacy programs turns girls into powerful economic contributors.
Everything we know can be traced back to the Big Bang, and before that, cosmic inflation. But what if we look to the future? Looking out at the Universe today, it’s […]
"History matters, and we now know that hysteresis is part of the answer," wrote the author of a recent study.
Proxima Centauri, our closest star, is more than 4 light years away. Reaching it under 10,000 years will be challenging; reaching it with living humans will be even harder.
Not all states are feeling the effects equally.
People prefer to live in states that invest in life-easing amenities.
When a country's educated or entrepreneurial citizens leave all at once, the phenomenon is called "human capital flight" or "brain drain".
She met mere mortals with and without the Vatican's approval.
Some hope for those who are struggling with the disease.
We knew the Chicxulub crater was massive. We just didn't know how widespread the damage actually was.
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If a doomsday asteroid is set to collide with Earth, you're going to know about it – whether you want to or not.
Digging deeper into the mystery of the brain, soul, and consciousness.
The reason why is simple, and should apply to every solar system like our own. On January 3rd, 2019, Earth reached the point in its orbit where it’s at its closest […]
The pressure of getting into a top-tier college seems to have influenced the ways teenagers sort themselves into cliques.
A breakthrough app for ultrasonic squeak analysis.
Co-ops are more pervasive than you think. They just suffer from a marketing problem.
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Human values evolve. So how will we raise virtuous A.I.s?