The Ultra-Deep and eXtreme Deep Fields have revealed the Universe as never before. Here’s what lies inside. From 2003 through 2014, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed the same tiny region across […]
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Was the hamburger menu always so ubiquitous?
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Her plan to abolish most student debt has been put before Congress. But does it have any chance of passing?
The new trust busting battles begin.
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Here’s what the world’s space agencies hope to learn about the Red planet.
Maybe you’ve been wondering if you’re seeing one persistent squirrel or a rotating cast of characters.
The current focus on the Chinese and Jews is nothing new.
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New software makes lab work go much faster—and hastens the search for cures.
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but no one is entitled to their own facts. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but no one is entitled to their own […]
Research suggests that you should adopt an ancient rhetorical method called ‘illeism’.
It’s the first American news channel to focus on African-American experiences.
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If this discovery came in a pre-LIGO era, maybe it would have been a surprise. But in 2019, there’s no mystery at all. Did you hear that astronomers had recently […]
A new report calls on the departments of certain scientific fields to double the number of black students by 2030.
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“They” has taken on a not-so-new meaning lately. This earned it the scrutiny it needed to win.
As it turns out, people who can afford to fly all the time use more energy than anybody else.
The Leonid meteor shower peaks today. Its parent comet taught us where meteor showers come from. Every year, as Earth regularly orbits the Sun, meteor showers repeatedly recur. While August’s Perseids […]
Do adults need to be more carefree, in order for their lives to go well?
Over 800 prisoners in Texas relate their experiences.
The separation of church and state is being dismantled one bill at a time.
Or, quite possibly, is it more complex than either one of those scenarios? If there’s one lesson that humanity should have learned from the 20th century, it’s this: the Universe […]