The idea that we might be living in a simulated reality has worried us for centuries. Now physicists have found some ...

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Read today's inspirational quote of the day by Stephen Hawking. Understand its meaning, learn about Hawking’s life and fame, ...

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December is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. It's a day to highlight the achievements of disabled people ...

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FROSTI is a new adaptive optics system that precisely corrects distortions in LIGO’s mirrors caused by extreme laser power.

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The most distant known star in the universe is no longer a faint, anonymous point of light. With the James Webb Space ...

Calakmul remained relatively undisturbed until gum harvesters in Mexico led an American botanist to them in 1931. Here’s what ...