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It's a question that's reverberated through the ages – are we humans, though imperfect, essentially kind, sensible, good-natured... Read More
For something called the Standard Model, the foundational theory of particle physics is confronting a lengthy list of non-standard data.... Read More
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The age at which boys begin puberty is linked to when their mothers started having periods, a study suggests.Mothers who started earlier than... Read More
As of this morning, five people have died in as a result of Hurricane Michael—in Virginia. That's more than 800 miles away from where... Read More
A pair of urban ecologists, one from Australia, the other Sweden, suggests in a Perspective piece published in the journal Science that it... Read More
Women today still face obstacles men don't encounter and often don't notice. I see this every day at my front door, in physics, where women... Read More
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With the aid of simple theoretical models it is possible to build systems operating strictly according to the rules of classical physics, yet... Read More
Carnegie's Anthony Piro was part of a Caltech-led team of astronomers who observed the peculiar death of a massive star that exploded in a... Read More
A material designed by MIT chemical engineers can react with carbon dioxide from the air, to grow, strengthen, and even repair itself. The... Read More
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Japan has issued draft guidelines that allow the use of gene-editing tools in human embryos. The proposal was released by an expert panel... Read More
In recent years, physicists and neuroscientists have developed an armory of tools that can sense certain kinds of thoughts and transmit... Read More
The world is edging closer to a reality where smart devices are able to use their owners as an energy resource, say experts from the... Read More
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