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A new x-ray survey of distant galaxies suggests that the universe is expanding unevenly Credit: Scientific American Space & Physics…
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When Nathalie Feiner spotted a tiny nematode worm wriggling in an embryonic lizard's brain from the French Pyrenees, she thought…
In athletics, the path along which runners sprint is dictated in advance. What the competition tests is the skill of…
In 2017 researchers from several universities used advanced laser-based technology to peer inside ice cores pulled from high in the…
The need for connection-- to form and maintain at least a minimal number of positive, stable, intimate relationships-- is a…