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In Upheaval, Jared Diamond points out the sad facts of American voter turnout.
When we split something into its most fundamental, indivisible components, are we truly seeing something that’s point-like, or is there a finite minimum size? Imagine that you wanted to know what […]
No amount of "brute force" would make stop such a storm, experts say.
Ecosia says the funds generated from users' searches help to plant one tree every second.
A new study challenges international life expectancies.
How many other disease-fighting compounds might we find in the ocean?
Satellite movie shows clouds of carbon monoxide drifting over South America.
The darkness of the night sky was a mystery for generations of humans. Here’s the reason why. From our perspective here in the Solar System, it makes absolute intuitive sense why […]
New findings show that Russian explosion was from a nuclear reactor.
Can the duo make plant-based chicken taste "finger lickin' good"?
Storytelling has been a human tradition for thousands of years and for good reason: It holds a powerful influence over our psychology.
The collapse of Theranos reminds us that in science, facts have the last word.
Without a country to belong to, many of these people lack some of the most fundamental rights.
The blazes may be the first step in a hellish downward spiral.
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has been around for longer, but Saturn’s periodic storms are far larger. On Earth, hurricanes can span hundreds of kilometers, wreaking devastation whenever landfall occurs. In 2007, […]
They experience reality differently than we do.
An ecological silver bullet is missing the target altogether.
The Russian-built FEDOR was launched on a mission to help ISS astronauts.