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The newly discovered galaxies are 62 times bigger than the Milky Way.
Psychologists point to specific reasons that make it hard for us to admit our wrongdoing.
The successor to Hubble is almost ready for launch. It’s really coming this year, too! NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, originally proposed in the 1990s, is finally slated to launch later […]
Workaholism is perhaps the most socially accepted addiction, but a new paper shines light on the serious health risks that accompany it along with which occupations are most at risk.
Max Planck Institute scientists crash into a computing wall there seems to be no way around.
The newest record-setting quasar houses an enormous black hole. No one knows how. In every scientific field, we’re always on the lookout for whatever new discovery might reveal what’s currently beyond […]
We look back at a year ravaged by a global pandemic, economic downturn, political turmoil and the ever-worsening climate crisis.
A new study explains how a chaotic region just outside a black hole's event horizon might provide a virtually endless supply of energy.
A popular and longstanding wave of thought in psychology and psychotherapy is that diagnosis is not relevant for practitioners in those fields.
Knowing what to do is one thing, doing it is another.
Scientists regenerate damaged spinal cord nerve fibers with designer protein, helping paralyzed mice walk again.
Cold hands and feet? Maybe it's your anxiety.
Protestors march to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Even a year like 2020 couldn't prepare Americans for the first few weeks of 2021. The year's opening act was a siege on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of […]
Binary pulsars are doing what no other measurement has done: measure our galactic acceleration directly. Even though the majority of the matter that makes up our Universe may be completely […]
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The long-term lessons America learns from the coronavirus pandemic will spell life or death.
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Scientists use new methods to discover what's inside drug containers used by ancient Mayan people.
A new study looks at why mysterious voices are sometimes taken as spirits and other times as symptoms of mental health issues.
Dr. Eric Lander is a pioneer in genomics. What role will he play in the new administration?
To understand ourselves and our place in the universe, "we should have humility but also self-respect," Frank Wilczek writes in a new book.