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Between 1966, when abortion was outlawed in Romania, and 1989, when the revolution overthrew the communist…

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Yesterday, NASA and Russian flight controllers performed an “avoidance maneuver” to protect the International Space…

Chromium steel, commonly referred to as stainless steel, is thought to be a recent manufacturing innovation, but new…

Friends: The time has come. It’s the first day of fall, and you can partially fill the coronavirus-vaccine-shaped…

NASA revealed new details about the Artemis moon landing program yesterday, including a detailed budget, project…

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Ultraviolet light can kill microscopic creatures like bacteria and viruses by destroying the molecular bonds in…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finally took a stance on whether covid-19 can be airborne, only to…

Conservationists in Indonesia are celebrating the birth of two Javan rhinos—a species listed as critically…

The most famous name in American ornithology is that of a slave owner, grave robber, and fraud who invented birds…

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have discovered seven well-preserved footprints belonging to humans. Dated to around…

On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention struck down a previous guidance that recommended against…

The winners of the 2020 Ig Nobel Prizes have been announced, and the honored experiments include frozen knives made…

Earlier this year, conservationists in South Africa discovered two adult giraffes struck down by lightning, signaling…

This week, a team of researchers announced they have discovered traces of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus—a gas…