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On Sunday, a woman accused the Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault in an interview with the Washington Post.
It’s all the rage right now after the Paleo and keto diet sensations took the world by storm. But is it healthy?
Maybe try counseling first before you try this, married folks.
Why self-control makes your life better, and how to get more of it.
These modern-day hermits can sometimes spend decades without ever leaving their apartments.
Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union created secret cities to house the scientists working in their nuclear weapons programs. Both nations went about this in very different ways and with very different, sometimes disastrous, results.
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Of all the experiments performed and measurements made involving fundamental particles, none has ever violated the Standard Model. Until now. If there’s one thing you can count on physicists for, it’s […]