The program aims to provide students the opportunity to engage with thinkers such as Michel Foucault, Friedrich Nietzsche and ...

Most supplements that claim to help your brain have never been thoroughly tested, but one has convinced even the most ...

For years, we were told by tech companies that the traditional hard disk drive (HDDs) were slow and therefore obsolete.

Scientists have created a new platform called 'Oz' that uses laser light to control up to 1,000 photoreceptors in the eye at once. Using Oz, the researchers showed people images, videos and a new, ...

Long before Rome rose from its seven hills, before Caesar crossed the Rubicon, there was Carthage — the other majestic, ...

What difference would it have made to our species’ technological development if glass wasn’t transparent? And can you reheat ...

Hunting the origin of 40 per cent of the languages spoken today is a huge feat, but Laura Spinney's new book makes an ...

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The Chel Snakehead fish, thought to be extinct, has made a dramatic comeback to the eastern Himalayan ecosystem after more ...

The grant supported Dr. Fiesler’s research on building A.I. literacy. She received no official explanation for why the grant ...

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While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...