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Lauren Miranda sent a nude selfie to a boyfriend years ago. Somehow one of her students discovered it.
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If you think we’ve done a great job with planet-finding so far, just wait until you learn what’s possible with microlensing! When we think about finding planets in the Universe, […]
Imagine you had perfect technology and unlimited fuel. How far could you go? Human spaceflight has brought us beyond Earth, but we could potentially venture even farther. The very first launch […]
Don't get too excited, there is a catch to the study.
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There are places in our solar system where you can fly.
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This is the psychology of why friendships (and marriages) fail.
Love + fear = awe. And awe can inspire the best and the worst in us. From 100,000 wild tigers a century ago, we're down to around 5,000. Oscar winner Ross Kauffman's TIGERLAND tells the story of the lengths some will go to to protect them.
In all the Universe, there’s only one Earth. But can we find the other worlds that are like ours? Even though the ingredients for life have been confirmed to be practically […]
The artifact will be opened on Sunday, for the first time in millennia, at an undisclosed location in Egypt.
Since the advent of communication, humans have used stories to create meaningful lives.
Michael Dowling, Northwell Health's CEO, believes we're entering the age of smart medicine.
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Education shouldn't just be about preparing us for the workforce. It should prepare us for life.
Wanna lose weight? How does eating only pineapple and lamb chops sound? Maybe receiving all your sustenance through a feeding tube instead?
There is a fundamental difference between matter and antimatter. But not enough of one to explain our Universe. Our Universe is a vast and enormous place, and if there’s one […]
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Big and strong? That's not what makes an alpha male, says primatolgist Frans de Waal.
Big tech is making its opening moves into the health care scene, but its focus on tech-savvy millennials may miss the mark.
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Lasers could cut lifespan of nuclear waste from “a million years to 30 minutes,” says Nobel laureate
Physicist plans to karate-chop them with super-fast blasts of light.
That's the strategy behind a program being tested in one Indiana school district.