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methuselah star
One study suggested that the "Methuselah Star" is older than the Universe itself.
These 5 research-backed tips can turn bad habits into financial gain.
Million Stories
There is a strong case to be made that the China has moved too slowly to reverse the effects of its one-child policy.
Ivan the Terrible and his son
Created in the 1880s, "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan," which depicts a father murdering his son, divides Russians to this day.
Two Japanese men sleep on a train car.
It is estimated that as many as 488 million people worldwide were exposed to dangerously long working hours in 2016.
Capacitors, acid batteries, and other methods of storing electric charges all lose energy over time. These gravity-fed batteries won't.
In just a few seconds, a gamma-ray burst blasts out the same amount of energy that the Sun will radiate throughout its entire life.
The Centennial State is technically a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon.
Each year, several trillion pounds of microscopic silicon-based skeletons fall down the water column to pile up into siliceous ooze.
When we don't find ways to relieve chronic stress, personal burnout is the likely consequence.
Cartwheel galaxy new star formation
Humanity's newest, most powerful space telescope is performing even better than predicted. The reason why is unprecedented.
Has the "age of psychopharmacology” shrunk society’s sense of responsibility for mental health?
Ancient bones reveal that domesticated felines were at home in Pre-Neolithic Poland around 8,000 years ago.
millennials
Millennials are reversing a 40-year decline in stroke deaths.
crispr
Once activated, the CRISPR-Cas12a2 system goes on a rampage, chopping up DNA and RNA indiscriminately, causing cell death.
Communication among cetaceans, like whales and dolphins, looks especially promising.
Despite being called the "dismal science," economics impacts our lives every day. Here, we look at seven of the greatest economists in history.
love
A new study of global love finds that Americans have some of the most loving relationships, while Chinese and Germans have some of the least.