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Colleges and universities can continue to ignore what the market wants, or they can get in the game and differentiate with new on-ground and online pathways to employment-centric education.
Charles Koch Foundation
In his new book, "The Wedge," Scott Carney tests the boundaries of human resilience.
What subjects and ideas do you discuss with your friends when you see them?
A recent clinical trial in Brazil highlights the dangers of two potential COVID-19 treatments: chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.
When you look at the Universe in an entirely new way, you sometimes find what you could never have anticipated. Almost exactly one year ago today, the Event Horizon Telescope […]
New research proposes possible origins of the interstellar object 'Oumuamua.
The current focus on the Chinese and Jews is nothing new.
And how it might ensure that future generations won’t have to face anything like this ever again. As of April 6, 2020, more than 1.3 million people worldwide have tested positive […]
Your fear of anxiety could be preventing you from treating your anxiety, according to new Penn State research.
Just because your team has gone remote doesn't mean you need to be vulnerable to hacks, breaches, and scams.
New research suggests anti-vaxxers overestimate all problems associated with mortality.
It’s not the only one of its kind, but it’s definitely makes no sense without dark matter. Throughout the Universe, galaxies and star clusters come in all different sizes and masses. […]
Neurons that store abstract representations of past experiences are activated when a new, similar event takes place.
Groundbreaking new research suggests gamma-ray bursts are caused by a star's collapsing magnetic field.
Researchers advise using emojis to improve communication under coronavirus isolation.
In principle, the laws of physics are the same forwards and backwards. But in practice, time only runs in one direction. Most of the laws of physics are the same […]
From the mid-19th century, fossils were used as evidence for continental drift – but mainstream scientists didn't buy it until the 1950s.
All stars will eventually die. But we’ve never seen ones die like this before. When you look up at the sky, most of the points of light we see appear to […]
The smart toilet can analyze urine and stool samples for disease markers and can even recognize an individual user's "analprint".