“Strategic ambiguity” has long been the West’s strategy on Taiwan.
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Puerto Rico’s iconic telescope facilitated important scientific discoveries while inspiring young scientists and the public imagination.
In her 2020 book, “The Alchemy of Us,” Ainissa Ramirez explores how important material inventions shaped the course of human experience.
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An exclusive interview with physicist Lee Smolin reveals how abandoning Einstein’s dream may have been a terrible mistake.
Nanofabricators could quickly synthesize whatever we need, molecule by molecule.
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Studies show talk therapy works, but experts disagree about how it does so. Finding the answer could help professionals and patients.
The two-year pilot program will be a test of harm reduction strategies.
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Democritus also did not believe in free will but was still known as the “laughing philosopher.”
This is a time for family and friends to gather, watch the full moon and eat mooncakes and other delicacies.
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After 20 months, scientists find lab-dish brain cells matured at a similar rate to those of an actual infant.
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Research from NASA reveals Mars’ spectacular volcanic past.
The first nation to make bitcoin legal tender will use geothermal energy to mine it.
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Artist Seán Doran recently created more than eight hours of high-definition video using images captured by Japan’s SELENE lunar orbiter.
If your partner is not helping build a better you, is it time for a better partner?
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Three of our dimensions are spatial and one is temporal, but could there be more? From any point in space, you are free to move in any direction you choose. No […]
The universe is only 13.8 billion years old, but we can see back 46.1 billion light-years. Here’s how the expanding universe does it.
A new study looks at what happens when you get infected with two viruses at the same time.
The most common element in the Universe, vital for forming new stars, is hydrogen. But there’s a finite amount of it; what if we run out?
Often called modern-day dinosaurs, cassowaries are one of only a few birds known to have killed humans.
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