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Halley’s comet only visits every ~76 years, but its meteors arrive twice each year. The most famous comet of all — Halley’s comet — returns to our inner Solar System every ~76 years. Halley’s comet […]
Nazi supporters held huge rallies and summer camps for kids throughout the United States in the 1930s.
Partisanship can now be seen in brain scans.
Tea and coffee have known health benefits, but now we know they can work together.
Think you can solve it? One mathematician has already offered about $1,000 and a bottle of champagne to whoever cracks it first.
But most city dwellers weren’t seeing the science — they were seeing something out of Blade Runner.
India finishes last of 60 countries in environment and sustainability, as ranked by the expats who work there.
Sure, we’re warming now. But will this continue, or will natural factors change things? According to our best understanding of Earth’s climate, the global average temperature has increased significantly over the […]
A study finds 1.8 billion trees and shrubs in the Sahara desert.
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Younger Americans support expanding the Supreme Court and serious political reforms, says new poll.
Yes, we’d all die. But for 21 minutes, we’d have the ride of a lifetime. One of the most remarkable facts about the Universe is this: in the absence of […]
A 2020 study published in the journal of Psychological Science explores the idea that fake news can actually help you remember real facts better.
Logic puzzles can teach reasoning in a fun way that doesn’t feel like work.
Another amazing tardigrade survival skill is discovered.
Rare structures and artifacts of the Viking religion practiced centuries prior to Christianity’s introduction have been uncovered by archaeologists in Norway, including a “god house.”
Instead of looking forward, we should be consulting the past.
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We’re Earth’s first intelligent, technologically advanced civilization. But maybe not the last. For most of our planet’s history, life in some form has existed on our world. Planet Earth formed some […]
Medicago is growing a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate in a relative of the tobacco plant right now.
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New cancer-scanning technology reveals a previously unknown detail of human anatomy.
A new survey found that 27 percent of millennials are saving more money due to the pandemic, but most can’t stay within their budgets.
Your health and the health of the planet are not indistinguishable.
Eastern traditions have complex views on how karma affects your life.
From galaxies with no dark matter to ones with hundreds of times more dark matter than normal, our Universe needs it more than ever. One of the most mysterious substances in […]
While the benefits of music therapy are well known, more in-depth research explores how music benefits children with autism.
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The study sheds new light on the relationship between sleep and mental health.