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Conceptual problems, ideology clashes and xenophobia prevented the concept of zero from catching on for a long time. Today ...

Inuit languages really do have many words for snow, linguists found—and other languages have conceptual specialties, too, ...

A new review of ocean data suggests that more than 99.999 percent of the global deep seafloor has never been seen by humans.

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The Hospital Preparedness Program helps hospitals and emergency managers save lives in wildfires, tornadoes, pandemics and ...

The word itself comes from galaktikós kyklos, or “milky circle,” the ancient Greek term for the Milky Way, our home galaxy.

For most of her life, Alyssa Fraser took comfort in cooking. Fraser, a former food reporter from Minnesota, used to relish the process of whipping up her favorite chicken and vegetable recipe or ...

The International Code Council has approved stronger building codes to protect hospitals, schools and other structures from ...

Scientists at Europe’s famous particle collider briefly created gold ions from lead in a modern twist on the alchemical goal ...

Pyrotechnic chemistry drives the Vatican’s recipes for the black and white smoke used to announce papal election outcomes ...