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On the first page, reporter Clark Kent, Superman’s alter ego, covers the launch of a new NASA satellite while onboard a space ...

In the hostile conditions beyond Earth, a spacecraft is all that stands between an astronaut and certain death. So having ...

Thirty €1 coins are arranged in a circle on a table. Ten of these coins are fake and a little lighter than the 20 real coins.

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Scientific American staff and sleep experts share advice on how to get better sleep in the stressful days leading up to the U ...

Yet another strain of the virus that causes mpox might be readily spreading from person to person, according to an analysis ...

Recent studies show that the Supreme Court ruling that overturned the national right to abortion led to a sharp increase in ...

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Convicted of a crime that never happened, Roberson’s case is a prime example of how the U.S. legal system often fails to ...