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Your phone can’t take a perfectly clear picture of a solar eclipse like a professional camera can, but there are lots of other creative directions you can take to capture the rare moment.
The 485 multiterabit-per-second undersea data cables that span the world’s oceans link the globe and maintain the digital realm.
It’s common to see solar panels on rooftops and fields, but they aren’t widespread on cars − yet.
If you hear the 118th Congress described as a bunch of slackers, you’re not getting the whole story.
In the past, when courts considered disputes over what to do with no-longer-wanted embryos, they typically considered them property. The Alabama ruling challenges this legal precedent.
When dementia patients on Medicare enroll in hospice, they lose other crucial supports and services.
Both high- and moderate-intensity exercise provides similar overall health benefits.
A few Ivy League schools say the tests enable them to find students of promise from low-income families. But not all sociologists agree.
Carbon capture is turning the oil and gas industry into a critical player for mitigating climate change – while its products continue to heat up the planet.
Religión y nacionalismo fueron ideologías enfrentadas. Ahora son cada vez más compañeros de cama, y el populismo suele ser el pegamento.
Genealogical and genetic ancestors aren’t the same thing. A DNA match − or a lack of one − may not tell you what you imagine it does about your family tree.
Chinese state-sponsored hackers are targeting critical infrastructure. Here’s what they’re doing, how the US government is responding and how you can help.
Some ancient texts record what were likely dying stars, faintly visible from Earth. If close enough, these events can disturb telescopes and even damage the ozone layer.
Wall Street and big law firms are famous for their hard-charging, cutthroat work cultures. Here’s one reason they should reconsider.
The Garden State is the only one in the country that forbids self-service gas stations − and that’s not likely to change anytime soon.
This isn’t the first time the US military has turned to building a pier to help reach people during times of war or other crises.
A new study found that temporary assignments in new places reignited nurses’ passion to help others and helped them rediscover the meaningfulness of their work.
A spate of terror operations carried out by the Islamic State group affiliate has raised concerns over a potential attack on US soil.
Even with teams’ embrace of analytics, the number of scouts employed by MLB teams had stayed remarkably consistent. That all changed with the COVID-19 pandemic.
A bridge engineering expert discusses the costs and limitations of building structures to withstand extreme events – and what it takes to prepare the next generation of civil engineers.
Relaxing ‘rules of origin’ restrictions in an existing trade deal could add tens of thousands of jobs in Central America.
Europa Clipper will contain a plaque that celebrates humanity’s relationship with water and a decades-old tradition of searching for life outside Earth.
Washington looked the other way as coup leaders and drugs cartels conspired to turn Honduras into a center of the cocaine trade.
During the month-long period of fasting, the obligation of zakat takes on heightened significance.