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Consider two teenagers searching for summer work. One is offered an opportunity to assist a project manager at their uncle’s construction company. The other submits a dozen retail applications, hoping for a call back. Who is more likely to hold…
What did early humans like to eat? The answer, according to a team of archaeologists in Argentina, is extinct megafauna, such as giant sloths and giant armadillos. In a study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers demonstrate that these…
One of the U.K.’s biggest political problems comes in a small size. The size of a small boat, in fact.
A new rainbow spectrum from the STELES instrument on Chile’s SOAR Telescope captures Eta Carinae in unprecedented detail.
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted to continue tonight.
Astronomers used the Very Large Telescope to find exoplanet Cha 1107-7627 which is consuming gas and dust at an incredibly fast rate.
The discovery strengthens the case for a new mission to orbit and land on Enceladus and search for evidence of life.
Donald Trump’s assault on science could threaten the United States’ position as the world’s leading research nation and have knock-on effects worldwide, Nobel Prize officials in Sweden told AFP.
Western cultures tend to view teens as moody, irresponsible, and rebellious. However, in China and in other cultures, the teen years are viewed more positively and seen as a time of learning how to become responsible and fulfilling family obligations.
Fresh analysis of Cassini data has revealed new complex organic molecules inside ice grains spewing from Enceladus. These discoveries strengthen the case that the moon’s underground ocean hosts chemistry similar to life’s building blocks on Earth. Scientists now believe Enceladus…