ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. See More → Scientists have unveiled an unprecedented map of all the matter in the universe

On Monday, Dallas Zoo announced the latest in a string of suspicious incidents at the zoo. Two emperor tamarin monkeys are missing and their habitat has been “intentionally compromised,” according to

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The last time that the green comet was visible, there were rhinoceros-size wombats living in Australia, along with some ginormous kangaroos. Though some comets swing by Earth only once, many visit per

Lately, I’ve been trying to get myself to resist responding to every terrible piece of right-wing nonsense I see, because I know that while there are many people who sincerely hold terrible views, pro

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Joe Manchin last week introduced a bill—the American Vehicle Security Act —to delay the rollout of the Inflation Reduction Act’s tax credits for electric vehicles. He cited the need to “grow domestic

Health By Helen Branswell Jan. 30, 2023 Reprints WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images T he World Health Organization announced Monday that the Covid-1

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astronomy Astronomers Say They Have Spotted the Universe’s First Stars January 30, 2023 Theory has it that “Population III” stars brought light to the cosmos. The James Webb Space Telescope may have j

ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. See More → Scientists have discovered a crucial radio signal known as the 21-centimeter li

opinion Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty Derek Chauvin , the policeman who killed George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020, had a history of citizen complaints and was thought to

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Over the past few months, I've been actively rethinking social media usage. As a husband and dad, I realized I was spending too much time on social media. At the same time, I didn't want a hard break

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In a recent paper submitted to The Astronomical Journal in November 2022, a scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne quantifies how the Earth has not heard a radio signal from a

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Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty Images This past December, the physics Nobel Prize was awarded for the experimental confirmation of a quantum phenomenon known for more than 80

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