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Today, X-rays are the source of many experiments and medical tests, but it took a long time for humanity to develop proper protections against the powerful energy source. One of the earliest recorded ...

In 1999, Belgian physicist Chris Van Den Broeck implemented a minor alteration to Alcubierre’s concept by shrinking the ...

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This critically acclaimed series offers a fresh perspective on the people behind the Manhattan Project, and is now streaming ...

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Abdelouahhab Zaid, Secretary General of the Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation, narrated ...

For James Watson, DNA was everything — not just his life's work, but the secret of life itself. Over his long and storied career, Watson arguably did more than any other scientist to transform a ...

Raccoons across US cities are showing physical signs of domestication. SF's masked bandits may be following the same evolutionary path.

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Employees from the Messer helium plant in Otis, Kansas, haul helium cross-country every year for the iconic Macy’s ...

Over a feverish 10-day period, scientists synthesized and described a new class of carbon molecules, called buckminster ...