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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.
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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.
Our planet is rare, precious, and fragile. It’s up to all of us to be its steward. With the advent of rocketry and spaceflight, our cosmic perspective changed forever. The very […]
Even if the company call pull it off, are Americans ready to trust fully autonomous cars?
Some basic areas we could all use some improvement in.
The recent debate between Slavoj Zizek and Jordan Peterson lived up to the hype.
Secret Spice Girls dance parties of the wives of anti-western morality police. Book deals for political prisoners still in jail. Iran is a land of contradictions where oppression and freedom uneasily coexist. Born in France, Delphine Minoui lived in Tehran for 10 years to understand her grandparents' country from the inside.
If a star spins and then collapses, what happens to its angular momentum? The most common way to form a black hole in the Universe is to have a massive […]
The lack of tall, strong oak trees poses something of a problem for the restoration effort.
In India, a construction boom is fueling a criminal enterprise around one of the most ubiquitous substances on Earth: sand.