Einstein's miracle year
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As the year 1905 began, Albert Einstein faced life as a “failed” academic. Yet within the next...
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As the year 1905 began, Albert Einstein faced life as a “failed” academic. Yet within the next...
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It’s 4am, and the big test is in 8 hours. You’ve been studying for days, but you still don’t...
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What if, this holiday season, instead of saying "thank you" to your aunt for her gift of a...
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Slavery has occurred in many forms throughout the world, but the Atlantic slave trade -- which...
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On March 15th, 44 BCE, Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of about 60 of...
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What flies through the night, silently guarding and protecting our world from evil? Batman?...
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Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh during the New Kingdom in Egypt. Twenty years after her death, ...
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For as far back as we can trace our existence, humans have been fascinated with death and...
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It takes a lot of fuel to heat our homes, preserve our food, and power our gadgets. And for 40...
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How do we know what matter is made of? The quest for the atom has been a long one, beginning...
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The highly virulent Ebola virus has seen a few major outbreaks since it first appeared in 1976...
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When you think of natural history museums, you might picture exhibits filled with ancient...
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Sometimes, against a uniform, bright background such as a clear sky or a blank computer screen,...
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There’s a factory inside you that weighs about 1.4 kilograms and runs for 24 hours a day. It’s...
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When you breathe, you transport oxygen to the body’s cells to keep them working, while also...
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Bill Nye, the science guy, joins AsapSCIENCE, to talk about asteroids. Specifically, he looks at...
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Cancer usually begins with one tumor in a specific area of the body. But if the tumor is not...
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Archimedes once said “Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the Earth.” While the idea of a...
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Throughout history, scientists have proposed conflicting ideas on how the brain carries out...
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It’s a common saying that elephants never forget. But the more we learn about elephants, the...
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It’s hard to escape childhood without racking up a few scars. Why do these leftover reminders of...
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Our skin is the largest organ in our bodies, with a surface area of about 20 square feet in...
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The traditional model of our mental function is that first our senses provide data to our brain,...
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Every day, we move and operate within systems of power that other people have constructed. But...