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A scholar of Eastern Europe spent time talking with Ukrainians in Kyiv during a recent trip and observed that people are scarred from the war – but still determined to fight back against Russia.
Banyak eksperimen telah menunjukkan sebuah fenomena misterius mekanika kuantum sebagai cara alam semesta berfungsi. Para ilmuwan di balik eksperimen ini memenangkan Hadiah Nobel Fisika 2022.
Banyak eksperimen telah menunjukkan sebuah fenomena misterius mekanika kuantum sebagai cara alam semesta berfungsi. Para ilmuwan di balik eksperimen ini memenangkan Hadiah Nobel Fisika 2022.
People take part in a pro-European Union rally in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, on May 21, 2023.
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Sexual predators have found a new way to exploit children: taking control of their webcams to record them without their consent. Here’s how the attack works and how you can protect your kids.
AI may make spam more pervasive than ever.
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Artificial intelligence is escalating the battle between spam senders and spam blockers. Recent advances could mean more convincing pitches to get you to click, buy and give up personal information.
How are people today related to those who lived centuries ago in the Swahili civilization?
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The first ancient DNA sequences from peoples of the medieval Swahili civilization push aside colonialist stories and reveal genetic connections from the past.
Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announces her presidential run in Charleston, S.C, on Feb. 15, 2023.
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Senators, governors, representatives and past presidents have to weigh multiple factors before declaring their 2024 run for president. Campaign financing is one of them.
A view of Tiraspol, the self-declared capital of Transnistria in April 2022.
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The hacker who steals your data is just one part of an illicit supply chain featuring producers, wholesalers, distributors and consumers – a black-market industry worth millions of dollars.
When two particles are entangled, the state of one is tied to the state of the other.
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A multitude of experiments have shown the mysterious phenomena of quantum mechanics to be how the universe functions. The scientists behind these experiments won the 2022 Nobel Prize in physics.
Berjalan secara vertikal – atau bahkan terbalik – merupakan hal yang mudah bagi semut.
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Kaki semut memiliki berbagai alat – mulai dari bantalan lengket yang dapat ditarik sampai cakar hingga duri dan bulu khusus – memungkinkan melawan gravitasi dan mencengkeram hampir semua permukaan.
A woman votes in the controversial referendum in Donetsk, Ukraine on Sept. 27, 2022.
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While some parts of eastern Ukraine have been under partial Russian control since 2014, other sections continue to fight back. Most residents overall have said they don’t want to be part of Russia.
A ‘V’ for victory for Giorgia Meloni?
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The far-right leader of the Brothers of Italy has tried to distance the party from its fascist lineage, but many are still worried about the direction she will take the country.
Walking vertically – or even upside down – is a piece of cake for ants.
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Ant feet are equipped with an array of tools – from retractable sticky pads to claws to special spines and hairs – enabling them to defy gravity and grip virtually any surface.
Mary Kay Ash’s legendary love for the color pink symbolized her determination to be a business success by “thinking like a woman.”
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Associate Professor of Instruction in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, Affiliate Professor at the Institute for Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies, University of South Florida