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On Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. will withdraw from the 1987 agreement unless Russia falls back into compliance.
Tiny bubbles talk photosynthesis.
Explore McLuhan's theory on print culture and its influential hold over civilization.
Deceased donations could greatly improve fertility treatments for women with uterine problems.
A study out of Finland shows us that sex is sex and robots are robots, and the overlap is confusing.
Amazon could be the next big tech firm to find itself in the eye of a data privacy storm.
There might be hope for our oceans, thanks to one clumsy moment in a coral tank.
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NASA's Michelle Thaller explains why the term 'Big Bang' is misleading, and how to best imagine the shape of the universe.
The first planets were only gas. The second included rocky ones, but life wasn’t possible. Here’s how we finally got there. Here in the Universe today, potentially habitable planets are practically […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas shares the books that shaped his life.
Todd Yellin, VP of Product Innovation at Netflix, doesn’t suggest that you should try to fail as much as you can. But he does say failures are an inevitable part […]
Drug use and arrests are rising overall, but those changes vary depending on the state.
The controversial scientist He Jiankui is currently missing after causing major controversy in late November.
Marcelo Gleiser and Alister McGrath discuss truth and meaning in an indifferent universe.
A new study warns of millions of "lost Einsteins."
Mothers who tested positive for chemicals found in common cosmetic products were more likely to have girls who hit puberty early.
It's hard to get off of the couch after a few eggnogs, let alone destroy public property.
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Why free thought has died on university campuses.
All the planets, asteroids, and Kuiper belt objects out there all point to the same conclusion: it’s giant impacts or no moons at all. Out of all the rocky planets […]
You can incorporate these science-backed activities into your evening routine tonight.