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The comet, which will be visible to the naked eye, orbits the sun roughly once every 80,000 years—the last time it passed ...

In the medical field, being fast, efficient, and correct can be the difference between life and death. This game-changing ...

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After nearly eight weeks of headwinds, rain, and hills, the friends finally arrived in Alaska, ready for the Devil’s Climb.

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China’s Ministry of State Security accused an overseas firm and a local company of illegally collecting geographic ...

Researchers at Stanford University and Princeton University have teamed up with the County of Santa Clara to attempt to map ...