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The discovery of a unique 510 million-year-old fossil in a Pennsylvania churchyard offers new clues into how early life…
Elon Musk’s focus on the number of bots on Twitter, whether genuine or a distraction, does little to address the problems…
Historians aren’t sure exactly when the first zoo was built, but it’s clear humans have kept exotic animals for thousands…
Monkeypox has been spreading in humans since as early as 1970. While most monkeypox infections are mild, some can be fatal.
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A newsletter sends out chronological snippets from the 125-year-old novel ‘Dracula.’ Fans on the internet go wild.
Developing software used to require programming skills. Today, a growing number of people are building websites, games and…
Data privacy is an abstract issue for most people, even though virtually everyone is at risk. If abortion becomes illegal,…
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Sagittarius A* is a massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Now that astronomers have imaged it, they can begin…
New research found that consumers were less likely to buy a product associated with pleasure if marketers emphasized it…
Current trends suggest that powerful nations are defining the rules of resource use in space and satellite access in ways…
With nine brains, blue blood and a talent for camouflage, the octopus is one of the most fascinating creatures in the sea.
Researchers have long suspected that an ingredient in sunscreen called oxybenzone was harming corals, but no one knew how.…
Elon Musk has an idea of what ails Twitter and what needs to be done to fix it. The problem is his assumptions are wrong.
Musk’s tweets badgering Twitter’s board raised important corporate governance questions about a board’s purpose and…
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A computer security expert explains how keys work – and how they are like passwords.
People tend to dislike uncertainty and risk – two things that are hard to avoid completely during a pandemic. That’s…