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In early 2016, a group of scientists from the LIGO observatory made an incredible announcement: They had detected gravitational waves—ripples in the fabric of spacetime—from the collision of two
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People’s limited attention spans, plus the sheer overload of information on social media may combine to make fake news and hoaxes go viral, according to a new study. Understanding
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The United States still leads the world in scientific research, at least in publishing the most biomedical studies in top-tier journals and spending the most money on research
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Planck photon rocket drives — which in theory could hit velocities equal to 99.999 percent the speed of light — might eventually offer propulsion engineers a way to
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Last week, scientists were surprised to see a second regional dust storm on Mars blooming only two weeks after another one in the same storm track. NASA’s Mars
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As a winter storm prepares to wallop the East Coast tonight and tomorrow (March 13 and 14), NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are keeping a close
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Our mighty Sun bathes Earth in a tender glow. Reach overhead on a cloud-free, summer day, and it almost feels like you can catch a few of its
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The oldest living thing on Earth today is … well, it’s controversial. Let’s back up. Figuring out the oldest thing alive requires defining “alive.” That’s not as easy
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An MIT spinoff company in India is proposing a novel solution to air pollution problems in Asia — turning vehicle exhaust into ink. It involves attaching a device,
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There’s a good chance that there’s a song that is particularly meaningful to you, and a new small study from Switzerland may explain what makes things we experience,
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