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/ 3 months agoWhat is the universe expanding into if it’s already infinite?
The universe is constantly expanding, but how do scientists think about what it’s expanding into?
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/ 3 months agoAssad leaves behind a fragmented nation – stabilizing it will be a major challenge for fractured opposition and external backers
Opposition forces marched into Damascus on Dec. 8, seemingly ending the half-century rule of the Assad family. But what happens next?
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/ 3 months agoWhat does the NASA administrator do? The agency’s leader reaches for the stars while navigating budgets and politics back on Earth
NASA administrators have hard choices to make, but the outcomes are often out-of-this-world exciting.
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/ 3 months agoExtraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth − so astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems evolve
A specific set of chemical conditions led to the emergence of life on Earth. But can life emerge from other chemistries?
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/ 3 months agoWhat is Salt Typhoon? A security expert explains the Chinese hackers and their attack on US telecommunications networks
Chinese hackers are alleged to have broken into US phone networks, giving Chinese intelligence services a window onto specific Americans’ phone...
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/ 3 months agoTrump attacks diversity, but a fellow New Yorker − US Rep. Vito Marcantonio − worked to represent all Americans in a multiracial democracy
The U.S. congressman from East Harlem promoted compassion in a district marked by ethnic, racial and class differences. It’s a story...
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/ 3 months agoLove it or hate it, nonliteral ‘literally’ is here to stay: Here’s why English will survive
Language changes because of how it finds itself most gainfully employed by speakers through time. So it’s OK to say “The...
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/ 3 months agoWhat is the ‘way of the warrior’? Students investigate the arts of war and peace in this course about virtue and the ethics of violence
The study of martial arts involves physical training − but also raises larger questions about ethics and what justifies the use...
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/ 3 months agoProtests, sectarian violence and a growing spat with India: Bangladesh’s new leaders are beset with challenges to its democracy
Restoring democracy will be a tall order for the interim government as it grapples with security, economic and geopolitical crises.
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/ 3 months agoAdults grow new brain cells – and these neurons are key to learning by listening
Understanding how new neurons affect brain function throughout adulthood can offer new approaches to treating epilepsy and dementia.
