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In a recent study, mathematicians from Freie Universität Berlin have demonstrated that planar tiling, or tessellation, is much more than a way to create a pretty pattern. Consisting of a surface covered by one or more geometric shapes with no…
Many survey-based studies have been conducted to try to understand how happiness changes over a person’s lifetime. While there have been a few different outcomes, the most common has been the U-shaped curve. This pattern indicates that, on average, people…
The global increase in migration—with approximately 3.6% of the global population living as expatriates—has resulted in many countries extending external voting rights to their overseas citizens. This has prompted scholarly interest in understanding the electoral participation of immigrants in their…
MIT scientists have found a way to make gene editing far safer and more accurate — a breakthrough that could reshape how we treat hundreds of genetic diseases. By fine-tuning the tiny molecular “tools” that rewrite DNA, they’ve created a…
In an approach reminiscent of the classic board game “Battleship,” Stanford researchers have discovered a way to characterize the microscopic structure of everyday materials such as sand and concrete with high precision.
Higher levels of screen time in early childhood are associated with lower scores in reading and mathematics on Ontario’s standardized tests, with each additional hour of daily screen time associated with a 10% drop in the likelihood of achieving higher…
Hulu’s adult animated sci-fi series launches its final season on Oct. 13.
The sun’s returning coronal hole could stir up geomagnetic storms and dazzling auroras under clear, dark skies this weekend.
A train of glittering SpaceX Starlink satellites shine brightly above a green aurora in a new video released by NASA astronaut Don Pettit.
A compilation of various images from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the effects of gravitational lensing caused by dark matter.