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Supermassive Black Hole Ejected From Its Home Galaxy
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory announced that’s it has observed something unprcedented: a supermassive black hole being ejected from its...
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Baby We Were Born to Learn
Researchers are calling it the “Goldilocks Effect”: Turns out that babies’ brains are wired to focus on “just right”...
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Giant Insects Shrunk as Birds Entered Prehistoric Skies
Millions of years ago, oversized insects like griffinflies boasting wingspans comparable to today’s hawks scuttled across (and fluttered above)...
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Are We in the Midst of a Sixth Mass Extinction?
Nearly 20,000 species of animals and plants around the globe are considered high risks for extinction in the wild....
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Mysterious Radiation Burst Recorded in Tree Rings
Just over 1,200 years ago, the planet was hit by an extremely intense burst of high-energy radiation of unknown...
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The Benefits of Making It Harder to Learn
Results of a recent experiment demonstrated that students who read material in difficult, unfamiliar fonts learned it more deeply than...
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Expanding the Genetic Alphabet May Be Easier Than Previously Thought
A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute suggests that the replication process for DNA—the genetic...
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Geoengineering Could Make Sky White Instead of Blue
Some scientists advocate pumping aerosols into the atmosphere to counter global warming by reflecting solar energy away. But according...
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Child’s Play Becomes More Creative
Despite the fact that today’s kids have less time to play than previous generations, children’s creative play has increased,...
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The Enigma 1,800 Miles Below Us
Geologists have long known that Earth’s core, some 1,800 miles beneath our feet, is a dense, chemically doped ball...