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These DIY learning kits focus on topics like coding, robotics, and AI, and are on sale for as low as $41.99.
This female-founded brand made Forbes 30 Under 30 list this year for its diverse, authentic, and affordable stock photography.
The debate over whether or not there is a place for political correctness in modern society is not always black and white.
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A warming Arctic Circle could be responsible for bursts of cold weather in the south.
This real estate training covers property management, construction cost estimation, social housing, and much more.
Did America’s collective mental health get worse (and then better) after the first COVID-19 lockdown?
7 scholars and legal experts dissect what you can and can’t say in America.
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Some mysteries take generations to unfold.
“Deepfakes” and “cheap fakes” are becoming strikingly convincing — even ones generated on freely available apps.
New research identifies 16 different COVID-19 personality types and the lessons we can learn from this global pandemic.
The space agency describes the process of landing rovers on Mars as “seven minutes of terror.”
New research from MIT is unintuitive but could lead to a better system.
Older people are in grave danger of being left behind.
The best time to start was yesterday, the second best is now.
The platform experiments with letting users decide what content needs flagging.
Inequality in wealth, gender, and race grew to unprecedented levels across the world, according to OxFam report.
There is no going “back to normal.”
A new study casts doubt on previous research showing that emotional well-being plateaus at an income of $75,000 per year.
Could we have predicted COVID-19 through social media trends?
People often make a killing in stocks, but there are other ways to potentially turn major profits.
NASA is scrapping its Apollo-era launcher platform to make room for new infrastructure that will support upcoming Artemis missions.
The idea behind the law was simple: make it more difficult for online sex traffickers to find victims.
User-driven sites lead to user-based bias.
We look back at a year ravaged by a global pandemic, economic downturn, political turmoil and the ever-worsening climate crisis.
Dr. Eric Lander is a pioneer in genomics. What role will he play in the new administration?
In a joint briefing at the 101st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, NASA and NOAA revealed 2020’s scorching climate data.
A new study shows that beauty standards affect whether or not accusers are believed.
A fairly old idea, but a really good one, is about to hit the store shelves.
The attack on the Capitol forces us to confront an existential question about privacy.
A new survey shows who believes what and how it differs from what Americans believe as a whole.