Physicists at the University of Oxford have successfully simulated how light interacts with empty space – a phenomenon once ...

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Solar power is growing by leaps and bounds in the United States, propelled by climate mitigation policies and carbon-free ...

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In the name of open science, the multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS on Thursday has released the data behind the ...

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe – a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has drawn intense criticism—much of it deserved—for his stance on vaccines. But lost in the uproar is a ...

To Shakespeare’s Hamlet we humans are “the paragon of animals”. But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans ...

His gaze softens as he draws closer to you. With one hand around your waist and the other cradling your jaw, he pulls you in.

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Head lice, fleas and tapeworms have been humanity’s companions throughout our evolutionary history. Yet, the greatest ...