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An elusive particle that first formed in the hot, dense maelstrom of the early universe has puzzled physicists for decades.

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A new computational method can identify how cause-and-effect relationships ebb and flow over time in dynamic real-life ...

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a patch for easier and more effective treatment of psoriasis. The ...

I'm a historian of the medieval papacy and editor of the forthcoming three volumes of the Cambridge History of the Papacy. So ...

Scientists at EMBL Grenoble and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have developed a new method for using in ...

It's still one of the coolest things I ever saw. I was in the U.S. Air Force in the 90s, and November 1998 saw me deployed to ...

Four in every five people in Africa cook using wood, charcoal and other polluting fuels in open fires or inefficient stoves.