There’s a lot of energy right now around taking big leaps with deep-space missions, as sustained lunar activity and Mars exploration gain momentum. Commercial players are leading, but major leaps ...

Dear Prudence, My sister “Wendy” and her husband recently came back from a ski trip. My brother-in-law sent me ...

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As winter sets in, many of us notice dry, sore or cracked lips alongside coughs and colds. Lips are uniquely prone to dryness ...

In theory, leaner NASA oversight, greater use of off‑the‑shelf hardware and narrower science goals can cut costs while ...

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Harvard Medical School researchers have uncovered crucial insights into how an emerging class of antiviral drugs works.

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Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink ...

My graduate studies included learning about constraint-based optimization algorithms (such as linear programming) and ...

The use of artificial intelligence for patient care is no longer a novelty. According to the 2024-2025 survey of the American ...

Study uncovers key insights about how a new class of antiviral drugs works. Cryo-EM images showed the drugs bound to herpes simplex virus (HSV) protein at nearly atomic detail, while optical tweezers ...