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A case alleging that a Cornell sophomore was sexually assaulted by seven fraternity members is drawing national attention. Spencer Platt/Getty…

Even in egalitarian societies, people can be unequal in various ways. Duncan Stibbard Hawkes On the shores of Lake Eyasi…

Officers from the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security at a traffic stop in Memphis in…

There can be too many frogs in the dating pool. R. Andrew Odum/Photodisc via Getty Images If you’ve ever felt…

People may quash their own beliefs to fit in with what they think the group believes. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis News via…

Both 'Maze War 'and 'Spasim' used vector graphics, which are images made by drawing lines directly between points on the…

The Large Binocular Telescope was used to take the new measurement of primordial helium-4. NASA Could you imagine if pagers…

Security forces inspect the site of a blast at a mosque in Kohat, Pakistan, on Sept. 18, 2026. Hussain Ali/Anadolu…

A sign noting the acceptance of electronic benefit transfer cards for food aid is displayed at a grocery store in…

Wind turbines generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm off Rhode Island. President Donald Trump’s administration has pledged billions…

Grizzly bears in the lower 48 states are federally protected as a threatened species. A new memo from U.S. Fish…

Annie Dillard is rightly celebrated as a pioneer in creative nonfiction after her death on Sep. 15, 2026, at age…

School buses parked outside Hammond High School in Columbia, Md., a suburb of Baltimore. Students ages 12 to 18 experienced…

Massive objects bend light, which results in a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. NASA/STScI NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched…

Newsstands in the 1980s had more magazines of all kinds than they do today. Richard Laird/FPG/Archive Photos via Getty Images…

Scientists want to learn more about the cosmic rays that create particle showers in Earth's atmosphere. Thomas Bergauer/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND…