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China is investing a gargantuan amount of money in Africa, but it's leaving many in the global community concerned as to why.
Like it or not, agreements made between hackers in Germany, Prague, and elsewhere could reconfigure the economy... and a frightening new world.
The speed of death isn't as instantaneous as you may think.
You've probably seen it hanging around. But how did it get there? And can we live there?
People in the West are constantly encouraged to sleep less and accomplish more. But the science behind sleep deprivation shows why that's a terrible idea.
Englishman Andy Pardy is traveling 18,000 miles (30,000 km) across Europe this summer to make a continent-sized political statement
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Meeting people is easy. Just ask award-winning author and "most connected millennial" Jared Kleinert.
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft taught us more than we ever imagined about Saturn. Could we do something similar for Uranus and Neptune? From where we are in the Solar System, looking out […]
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Physicist Michio Kaku doesn't see immortality as impossible, especially of the digital kind.
The pool of things that "AI Can't Do" appears to be steadily shrinking.
A new study shows that some men's reaction to sex is not what you'd expect, resulting in a condition previously observed in women.
A new approach to fighting the opioid crisis involves sending letters to doctors after their patients overdose on prescription drugs.
This is an extremely rare find; only three similar fossils have been found in the world.
The Swift-Tuttle comet is the source of the lovely Perseid meteor shower each August. It’s also getting closer and closer, making it "the single most dangerous object known to humanity."
The time has come for Space Force, Vice President Pence told an audience at the Pentagon on Thursday.
Just ten rivers are responsible for up to 95% of all river-borne plastic trash that ends up in the sea. Silver lining: cleaning them up would have a huge positive impact.
In Egypt, comedy can be a matter of life and death. But life in America's no cakewalk either. Political satirist Bassem Youssef on reinventing yourself, crossing cultural lines, and the future of space exploration.
A "new" Roman library has been found in Germany. What might it have had in it?
The story of John Couch Adams, “the man who failed to discover Neptune,” and his cosmic redemption. Perhaps its human nature to want to only think positive thoughts about our […]
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Former U.S. Congressman Steve Israel explains why Congress seems so paralyzed and can't pass any commonsense gun control.