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Citing increasing student debt and the desire to see more family and pediatric physicians, the school might have started a trend.
After speaking with the world's "top business leaders", President Donald Trump has asked the SEC to study the potential impacts of removing rules that require companies to file reports with the agency every three months.
Space may be enormous, but collisions are inevitable. Here’s what happens when they occur. The Universe as we know it has been around for nearly 14 billion years: plenty of time […]
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The former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan explains what it will take to reduce gun violence against kids.
Vaccinations have saved countless lives and untold suffering, even though many adults still believe vaccines are bad for their children.
Out of 45 samples, glyphosate was present in all but two, and almost three-quarters of the samples were found to have glyphosate levels that exceeded the EWG’s ‘health benchmark’.
Want to go to school to learn how to mine in space? Now you can.
A new study discovers that engaging in back-and-forth conversations with a child builds stronger connections between two of their brains’ vital critical speech areas, regardless of socioeconomic status.
Over the past 70 years, the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania has been covering up child sexual abuse by hundreds of priests, according to a new report issued by a grand jury on Tuesday.
The Thucydides Trap leads us to believe a U.S.-China war is inevitable. But is a 2,400-year-old school of thought really what the U.S. should base its foreign policy on?
A theory of history says America is in the grips of a crisis called "The Fourth Turning" that will change it forever.
One of the most significant challenges in today’s increasingly fast-paced and demanding business world is figuring out how to balance growing workloads and personal time. A combination of long hours […]
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As the technology of virtual reality improves, we are going to start spending more time and getting more emotional inside it, says VR filmmaker Danfung Dennis.
The ices and rock aren’t green, and neither are the tails. So where does a comet’s green color come from? Every so often, with extreme regularity, comets will plunge from beyond […]
A new study used massive amounts of data from an online dating service to explore what makes someone desirable, and how people go about attracting partners online.
Scientists reversed the ageing of human cells, which could provide the basis for future anti-degeneration drugs.