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After a landslide victory, a popular comedian with no political experience becomes Ukraine's next president. Are comedians really the best leaders?
An investigation finds the cause of failed NASA launches and $700 million in losses.
A new research letter points to another reason for childhood obesity.
Xenon-124 isn’t stable, and the direct detection of its decay could lead us to an even greater prize. Our Universe is old: 13.8 billion years old, to be precise. Many of […]
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Should all speech be free? How much intolerance should society tolerate?
Institute for Humane Studies
Supersuits aren't just in superhero movies. They're here in real life too.
One often-neglected result of climate change is ocean acidification. If this process continues, we may start to see fewer fish and more jellyfish.
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Opinion is more compelling than fact. That's tearing society apart.
This culinary map of Los Angeles proves the city is more than just the world's movie capital.
Have you ever had the experience of giving up on a problem and coming back to it some time later to find its solution suddenly obvious? According to Barbara Oakley, […]
Our outer Solar System, from Jupiter to Neptune, isn’t unique after all. In the early 1990s, scientists began detecting the first planets orbiting stars other than the Sun: exoplanets. The easiest […]
The Avengers movies have done a marvelous job melding science and story.
Meet the anole, a fascinating lizard with remarkable powers of adaptation.
Why do women live longer than men? New data from the WHO tackles age-old questions about longevity.
Brain scans reveal why insomnia sufferers can't get sleep.
What can 3D printing do for medicine? The "sky is the limit," says Northwell Health researcher Dr. Todd Goldstein.
Northwell Health
A new study highlights a fascinating application of AI, though other uses are more troubling.
Discover the peril and potential of an automated robotic world.
Two new studies might have identified whether or not patients will respond to chemotherapy.