Since an eclipse only lasts a few minutes, you need more than just a handful of scientists running around collecting data on bird activity. That’s where a new app comes in.
A total solar eclipse is seen above the Bald Knob Cross of Peace on Aug. 21, 2017, in Alto Pass, Illinois.
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A scholar of early Christian literature writes that religious theories around celestial events are part of a larger human pattern to find meaning. And they go back thousands of years.
Solar engineering is designed to reflect some of the Sun’s ray back into space.
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The big question: Would climate engineering like sending reflective particles into the stratosphere or brightening clouds help reduce the national security risks of climate change or make them worse?
A full-time minimum wage worker in Philadelphia earns just over $15,000 a year with no vacation or sick days.
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Voters, city council and even local business leaders have tried to raise the city’s minimum wage, but face pushback from the state legislature in Harrisburg.
Kids need to be protected online. The trick is figuring out how.
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An elite athlete’s metabolism mostly looks different from a patient with COVID-19 − but their occasional similarities can reveal important insights into health and disease.
Juries render decisions on complex legal questions and could do the same as part of the regulatory process.
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People love to hate bureaucracy, but regulatory agencies play key roles in modern society. Conservatives want to cut back their power, but a political scientist proposes a different option.
Some white Americans are showing signs of disagreeing with key democratic principles.
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Rural white people have long held disproportionate power in US politics. But polls suggest their commitments to the American political system are eroding.
Palestinians stand near a World Central Kitchen vehicle on April 2, 2024, after three aid vehicles were targeted by Israeli strikes.
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Aid workers used to be considered off-limits in conflicts. The deaths of 7 aid workers in Gaza show that’s not the case anymore. Attacks on aid workers are on the rise.
Eoraptor lunensis lived roughly 230 million years ago, at a time when dinosaurs were small and rare.
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By examining fossilized bone tissue, a new study finds rapid growth was an asset for survivors of the Great Dying 250 million years ago, Earth’s largest mass extinction event.
Car infotainment systems are getting ever more sophisticated.
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As states and local school boards in some places continue to pass anti-LGBTQ+ rights legislation and policies, hate crimes against young LGBTQ+ people have also increased.
Graduating cadets at West Point take their oaths to the Constitution and are commissioned as officers in the U.S. Army.
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Members of the military take an oath before service, but it’s to the Constitution, not a specific person. West Point professors explain how young officers learn the importance of their allegiance.
Brain waves emblematic of generalized epilepsy.
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Pets provide a source of comfort and intimacy for many owners drifting off to sleep. But according to new research, they may also disrupt your ability to fall or stay asleep.
Tanner Adell is one of the four Black, female country singers featured on ‘Blackbiird.’
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To truly appreciate the track, it’s important to go beyond the long shadow of the Beatles’ version.
El Castillo pyramid illuminated at night under a starry sky in Chichen Itza, Mexico, one of the largest Maya cities.
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The skies and the gods were inseparable in Maya culture. Astronomers kept careful track of events like eclipses in order to perform the renewal ceremonies to continue the world’s cycles of rebirth.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks after being released from prison for leading a boycott.
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New charts and data show how corporate demand could boost clean energy investment in regions where renewable energy potential is strong but wind and solar power have lagged.
Country musician Linda Martell at her home in South Carolina in 2021.
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Confinement was the essence of Linda Martell’s brief career as a country star in the 1970s – and it’s the exact sort of fate that Beyoncé has sought to avoid.
Donald Trump’s Supreme Court brief characterizes historic cases and documents as saying one thing when they say the complete opposite.
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Donald Trump claims support in crucial court cases and historical documents for his assertion that presidents are immune from criminal prosecution. A law scholar says those documents say the opposite.
Chinese universities are prodigious producers of scientific papers, which will help garner them more prestige.
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Science rankings rely on papers in academic journals. Broadening the view to include many more open-access journals will upend the usual order – thanks to China’s vast number of publications.