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Although not every act of street harassment ends in murder — some certainly do — the people experiencing it have no assurance of their safety.  
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With $100 million invested towards it and an incredible concept behind it, could this be the start of interstellar travel? “Fundamental physics is like an art more or less. It’s […]
Your future medication may be grown inside a goat. 
When they ask, will you tell them the truth, or something comforting? Why not do both! “It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, […]
Flesh-eating West African Nile monitors have invaded Florida, presumably thanks to careless pet owners.
Penguins in Antarctica are changing their migration patterns. Scientists aren't sure why -- and they need your help to figure it out. And you can do it from the comfort of your home. 
Scientists discover that a hidden underground network of fungi allows carbon to go from one tree to another. 
The decision to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 brought up an opportunity to feature historical Native American leaders on U.S. currency. 
Three phases in brain development led to the creation of religion. What we do with that is up to us.
A live blog event from Nobel Prizewinner Art McDonald. “It’s ironic: in order to observe the Sun, you need to go kilometers underground.” -Art McDonald In the 1960s, a huge […]
They are calling him the Elon Musk of biology. But will we see an end to aging soon?   
What led Steve Jobs to create the iPod and the iPhone? The latest brain research on risk-taking.
Any forecast attempting to predict the weather beyond seven to 10 days isn't credible, say meteorologists. This hasn't stopped AccuWeather from rolling out a 90-day forecast feature.
We have every reason to believe gravity is an inherently quantum theory. Here’s how we’ll prove it once and for all! The following article was written by Dr. Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine […]
NASA picked up a completely unexpected gamma-ray burst coming from the same black holes that proved gravitational waves.
And why it might spell trouble for dark energy as we know it. “That’s all regular matter, just five percent. A quarter is “dark matter,” which is invisible and detectable only […]
There is a growing number of atheists in the world. There is also a growing amount of evidence pointing to the benefits of non-believing. 
What could be causing the gender pay gap if education isn't the only problem?