So many major unknowns remain that unease about the program is mounting among many policymakers, missile defense experts and ...

Warmer temperatures are associated with higher consumption of sugary beverages and frozen treats, raising concerns about long ...

Faith Paulsen writes poetry from her desk at an insurance agency near Philadelphia. Her work appears in Blue Heron, Mania, Poetica Review, Philadelphia Stories, Book of Matches, One Art, Panoply, ...

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We surveyed people in the U.S. about artificial-intelligence-generated art. Their answers told us a lot about how we value ...

The first national study of its kind shows that children from marginalized communities are more exposed to extreme heat ...

About 150 million years ago storm winds snapped bones in the wings of baby pterosaurs, sending them tumbling to their deaths ...

Fresh treatments for rare skin diseases shift the focus from symptom management to repair and help children with such ...

Ant queens of one species are sexual parasites that clone ants of another species to create hybrid workers that do their ...

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A community science project finds that modest reminders to find joy in the day can have benefits that are on par with those ...