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A newly discovered silicone variant is a semiconductor, University of Michigan researchers have discovered—upending ...

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Manuel Endres, professor of physics at Caltech, specializes in finely controlling single atoms using devices known as optical tweezers. He and his colleagues use the tweezers, made of laser light, to ...

Thanks to Mark Rober, you can now take a selfie in space for free.

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Andy Weir’s bestselling story “The Martian” predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected return-to-Earth flight systems and collaborated with th ...

Andy Weir’s bestselling story “The Martian” predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected return-to-Earth flight systems and ...

Many atheists consider themselves to be highly rational people who rate evidence and analytical thinking above religion, ...

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