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This year’s June solstice coincides with a new Moon and an annular solar eclipse. Here’s how rare it truly is. As the Earth orbits the Sun, it rotates on its axis. […]
Higher education faces challenges that are unlike any other industry. What path will ASU, and universities like ASU, take in a post-COVID world?
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Innovative drugs are sometimes held up due to old-fashioned human biases.
On other planets, blue skies and red sunsets aren't the norm.
It turns out, letting your partner know you appreciate them leads to a stronger relationship. Who'd have thunk?
You never know what you’re going to find when you look somewhere new for the first time. Approximately 4600 feet (1400 meters) underground, beneath the Italian mountain known as Gran Sasso, […]
Fighting materialized, virtual monsters can be cathartic in stressful and precarious times.
Researchers create a device to test a 50-year-old physics theory from the famed Roger Penrose.
Innovative use of blockchain tech, data trusts, algorithm assessments, and cultural shifts abound.
Weight gain is a side effect of antidepressants, adding another layer of problems.
By delving into the mysteries of the Universe, colliders have entered the Zeitgeist and tapped the wonders and fears of our age.
Europe is divided on whether films should have subtitles or different audio tracks.
Pew Research Center data shows that most people think diversity improves lives in their countries.
One look at the uncertainties and the assumptions changes the story tremendously. Is there intelligent life out there in the Milky Way beyond our own Solar System? If so, how […]
A 2017 University of Wisconsin-Madison study was the first of it's kind to show structural differences in the psychopathic brain.
Artifacts uncovered in southeast Asia offer clues on early complex human cultures.
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Three scientists examine three dimensions of psychopathy: neurological, social, and criminal.
Solar geoengineering ideas could weaken storms in both hemispheres, scientists find.
A team of scientists in Basel believes this will open up new lines of research.
The view from beyond Pluto is far enough from Earth that we can see the stars shift. NASA’s New Horizons, humanity’s first spacecraft to encounter Pluto, is more than 4.3 billion […]