Astronomers have recently discovered the most massive neutron star to date, nearly at the theoretical limit for such stars. But it’s only about the size of a small city.
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Even before publication, health agencies were asking the journal not to publish the research.
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Artificial intelligence has proven equal and even better than humans in making some diagnoses.
Part of the U.K.’s push for total wind energy.
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Witchcraft and pagan spiritualities are on the rise in the United States — especially within mainstream youth culture.
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Those silky tea bags might be releasing plastics into your digestive system.
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A bit of planning goes a long way.
The global inflation rate is currently around 3.6%, but is much higher in these countries
It will be available in select Canadian locations starting Sept. 30.
The new feature uses Amazon’s neural text-to-speech technology, which allows it to produce phrases that weren’t priorly recorded.
The national public charging infrastructure is coming online.
The building material seems so ubiquitous — what can we use in its place?
From atomic theory to evolution to utilitarian pragmatism, the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus was way ahead of his time. In the writings of his school, philosopher Catherine Wilson finds answers to many of our most vexing modern problems.
This could become a standard feature one day.
The FDA calls out creators of genetically tweaked hornless bulls.
Lengthening daylight isn’t necessarily good news where mental health is concerned.
Outside Europe, much of the world followed an assortment of rules and understandings about what time meant.
Is the way we hear music biological or cultural?
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Musk also said that “anonymous bot swarms” should be investigated.
Octopuses are known to rapidly change colors during sleep, but it’s still unclear whether they dream like humans do.
Heinous, if proved accurate.
It would be the ultimate method for solving our pollution or hazardous/radioactive waste problems, but we’ll never do it. Here’s why. Imagine our planet as it was for the first 4.55 […]
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A new study shows that nearly 40 percent of Americans report being stressed out by U.S. politics.