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After more than a year of idealizing life without COVID-19, people are starting to reenter 'normal' life. Clinical…
Politics always influences what questions scientists ask. Their intertwined relationship becomes a problem when politics…
The COVID-19 vaccines are a smash success. But that doesn't mean they keep every vaccinated person completely free of…
The murky blobs visible with today's wall-penetrating radar could soon give way to detailed images of people and things…
A meta-analysis of 437 studies found that egomaniacs aren't just a bummer – they can be dangerous, too.
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In the early morning of May 26, 2021, there will be a super blood-red lunar eclipse. The show will be spectacular and can…
In the coming decades, governments and private companies will set up permanent bases on the Moon and Mars. And at some point,…
Most people think of trust as active – you place your trust in someone or you don't. But weak cybersecurity, like…
Most computer security focuses on software, but computer processors are vulnerable to hackers, too. An experimental secure…
Pregnant women's experiences can affect their babies' health, even into adulthood. Researchers know societywide…
Disasters highlight the cost of society's love of efficiency. Nature, in contrast, favors resilience. Being more like…
Cavity-free teeth depend on many factors, and heredity may not be the most important.
If emissions continue at their current pace, Antarctica will cross a threshold into runaway sea rise when today’s kids…
Chances are small that space junk will destroy property or harm a person, and existing space law could deal with such an…
Scientists are working on ways to make lots of energy by converting matter into energy. The trick is keeping the process…
Electronics are not the only technology to have been miniaturized. Using the strange behavior of fluids in tiny spaces,…