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Einstein’s explanation is the only one that works. When Newton first proposed the law of universal gravitation, it marked the very first time that we realized the same rule governing how […]
On Friday, NASA's InSight Mars lander captured and transmitted historic audio from the red planet.
Interactive map reveals the horror — and the patterns — of murder in 14th-century London.
Altria Group Inc., maker of Marlboro cigarettes, said it's taking a 45 percent stake in Cronos Group, a major Canadian medical and recreational marijuana provider.
The project involves a high-altitude balloon, tons of tiny particles and knowledge gained from a violent volcano eruption in 1991.
Luxembourg will offer the world's first fare-free public transit system, but is there really such a thing as a free ride?
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Here's why financial independence doesn't mean free time forever.
It may have been captured by Neptune since it formed, but Triton remains king of the Kuiper belt. Our Solar System is arguably the most well-studied corner of the Universe, with […]
Walgreens now competes with Amazon and CVS in the race to dominate the prescription delivery market.
Towards the end of his life, Francisco Goya began painting terrifying scenes directly onto the walls of his house.
Russia has launched several so-called "inspector satellites" that could potentially be weaponized.
Australia's two largest supermarkets led the ban, which has so far prevented some 1.5 billion plastic bags from entering the environment.
Phone usage was found to have similar reinforcing tendencies as eating or doing drugs.
As costs go down and the benefits become more clear, can we afford not to eat lab-grown meat?
Maybe you both need a time-out.
Thousands of churches are left behind every year in America.
The great mythologist reminds us that our bliss is part of our suffering.
The Universe has been making stars for nearly the entire 13.8 billion years of its history. Here’s what we know. It’s been 13.8 billion years since the hot Big Bang, and […]
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To strengthen your mind, work with your hands, says former astronaut Leland Melvin.
Having ‘high levels of intelligence’ is no excuse for rejecting quality scientific information. You think of yourself as a generally intelligent person, don’t you? Someone who’s good at deducing fact […]