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This map samples some of the digits that make up the DDC system, invented by the brilliant but flawed Melvil Dewey.
A person with a bandage on their arm after receiving an HPV vaccination, with a focus on a vial of the Gardasil vaccine.
More than 90% of sexually active men will be infected with human papillomavirus in their lifetime. The virus may reduce fertility.
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The old certainties of “business as usual” have been crushed by disruption — here's a strategy for resilience.
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The Universe is 13.8 billion years old, going back to the hot Big Bang. But was that truly the beginning, and is that truly its age?
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We may be on the brink of finally seeing human-level intelligence in an AI — thanks to robots.
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Susannah Fox, former chief technology officer for the HHS, explains how technology has empowered us to help fill in the cracks of the healthcare system.
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The center of the galaxy doesn't just host stars and a black hole, but an enormous set of rich gassy and dusty features. Find out more!
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The "first cause" problem may forever remain unsolved, as it doesn’t fit with the way we do science.
Although human beings arrived on Earth just ~300,000 years ago, we've transformed the entire planet completely. Here's how we did it.
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Well-preserved ancient plants and other finds at the Clarkia fossil beds hint at what kind of evidence any Martian life may have left behind.
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From before the Big Bang to Voyager 1, particle physicist Harry Cliff takes us on a whiz-bang tour of the Universe's evolution.
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Kahneman was a world-changing psychologist — even with his lesser known ideas on life satisfaction.
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The technology is not a replacement for human labor — it's a way to complement existing human tasks.
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Despite billions of years of life on Earth, humans first arose only ~300,000 years ago. It took all that time to make our arrival possible.
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Some physicists are besot with the multiverse, but if we can't detect these other universes, how seriously should we take them?
A person dressed in a tailored suit emerges from a cloud of smoke against a backdrop adorned with kelvin physics equations and diagrams.
Lord Kelvin is thought to have said there was nothing new to discover in physics. His real view was the opposite.
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According to Harvard career advisor Gorick Ng, this time-saving system can help us reclaim our work-life sanity.
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Although mammals may be the dominant form of life today, we're relative newcomers on planet Earth. Here's our place in natural history.
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On the morning of April 20, 1961, all conditions were "go" for an attempt at free flight. A man was on standby with a fire extinguisher. Just in case.
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In the infant Universe, particle physics reigned supreme.