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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 […]
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If we make the right choices, there's hope for the future.
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.
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America's educational system has become frayed by lackluster civic engagement.
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.
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Since the idea of locality is dead, space itself may not be an aloof vacuum: Something welds things together, even at great distances.
An ecological silver bullet is missing the target altogether.
The Russian-built FEDOR was launched on a mission to help ISS astronauts.
Picking up where we left off a year ago, a conversation about the homeostatic imperative as it plays out in everything from bacteria to pharmaceutical companies—and how the marvelous apparatus of the human mind also gets us into all kinds of trouble.
Black holes are regions of extreme gravity, but dark matter barely interacts at all. Do they play well together? Black holes are some of the most extreme objects in the […]
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To reach a breakthrough solution to any problem, it's necessary to first understand the underlying causes.
An outbreak in the number of measles cases in the UK has resulted in the country losing its World Health Organization dedicated "measles-free" status. The culprits responsible for this decline: […]
What makes a life worth living as you grow older?