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Recently, researchers used fiber-optic internet cables to send quantum messages over a distance of 250 kilometers, marking ...

A new county-level dataset from Johns Hopkins University researchers reveals a national decline in the measles-mumps-rubella ...

Since theNational Science Foundation first started collecting postgraduation data nearly 70 years ago, the number of Ph.D.s awarded in the United States has consistently risen. Last year, more than 45 ...

The humble toilet seems like the least likely setting for drama. Yet throughout history, it has claimed kings, toppled ...

Observations with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have provided new clues about how the exoplanet WASP-121b has formed ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has drawn intense criticism—much of it deserved—for his stance on vaccines. But lost in the uproar is a ...

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