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A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

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Sam Worthington, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, Bailey Bass, Jack Champion, and Trinity Bliss weigh in on Avatar: Fire and Ash.

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CASI Academy announces the launch of the “CASI Academy Special Program: Sustainable Investing for the MPF Industry,” a one-hour, self-paced online course designed specifically for Hong Kong MPF ...

The phenomenon, known as luminous fast blue optical transients or LFBOTs, comes in the form of short, bright flashes of light ...

Tiny genetic variations between humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans might not be all they were cracked up to be.

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In the final moments of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick abandons traditional storytelling and plunges into a wordless ...

The Humanist Society of Santa Barbara recently hosted a talk "The Misinformation Trap and Changing Minds: My Journey from ...