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Experts are saying it's a "huge step forward for synthetic biology."
The alleged identity theft may be the first space crime.
Lovers deadlier than gangsters, first comprehensive Danish homicide study since 1970s shows
Researchers from UCLA invent a device that generates electricity from a rather unusual source.
Stronger than the LHC and faster than anything except light, the world’s cleverest particle detector sees the particles we could never create on Earth. It might be true that there’s an […]
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How to deal with death in the digital age and save your loved ones from headache.
Reviewing the conflagration within Central Africa.
Can we ever be really sure we've learned everything about nature?
Electron-positron or proton-proton colliders are all the rage. But the unstable muon might be the key to unlocking the next frontier. If you want to probe the frontiers of fundamental […]
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Left-leaning groups don't seem to have made as full use of the internet as right-leaning ones. As one conservative put it, Paul Revere had a horse, but they have the internet.
New software makes lab work go much faster—and hastens the search for cures.
An extinction events expert sounds a dire warning.
The water tower-shaped craft is an early prototype of Starship, which SpaceX hopes will someday send humans to Mars.
The FAA is not amused by flame-throwing drones.
Mirror neurons bounce smiles from one person to the next.
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 […]
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Today, if a business wants to be successful, it should pay attention to employee fulfillment.
No amount of "brute force" would make stop such a storm, experts say.