For centuries, the rare cosmic occurrences known as eclipses have both inspired and terrified onlookers. Signs of both spiritual and scientific marvels, solar eclipses have often coincided with major historical events, sometimes even rewriting their outcomes. According to ancient records, for example, a great shadow descended over a battle in 585 BCE between the Lydians […]
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Everyone knows the story, even if they haven’t read it or seen it for themselves. They’ve probably heard some of the iconic quotes, ranging from “Where the hell have you been, loca?!” to “You better hold on tight, spider monkey.” But in case you haven’t figured it out, I’m talking about the “Twilight” series —
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Following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee penned a letter calling Israel “entirely responsible” for the attack. It was followed by swift and intense backlash. The student signers were “doxxed,” and Jewish alumni demanded a list of the students in order to avoid inadvertently hiring one of them.
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In 1859, Charles Darwin published his groundbreaking theory of evolution in “On the Origin of Species,” where he introduced the world to the concept of natural selection. In the struggle for existence and reproduction, the strongest would survive, passing on their advantageous genes to their offspring. Never could Darwin have envisioned that centuries later, such
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Knowing that animal agriculture is responsible for at least 14.5% of all carbon emissions, scientists have been researching alternatives to the traditional meat diet, with the current leading alternative being meat analogs or “fake meats.” The menus of vegan-friendly, trendy restaurants and even your run-of-the-mill spots, like Burger King, have been featuring items such as
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Alchemy, considered the embryonic stage of modern chemistry, has led to the discoveries of many basic elements like carbon and iron. But the discovery of the so-called philosopher’s stone was a central motivation for the alchemical field. The distillation of a common yet surprising bodily fluid, urine, led to its discovery in the 1600s. Alchemists
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124 scientists signed a letter criticizing the media’s coverage of a consciousness theory. A Northeastern professor who signed the letter and the journalist who wrote The New York Times‘s coverage weigh on Carl Zimmer, a journalist for The New York Times, walked into a Ballroom in Greenwich Village, where a New York University professor’s band
At first glance, graphs are collections of nodes, or vertices, connected by lines, or edges. Although visually simplistic, they are surprisingly useful as tools, especially in machine learning. As Frank Harary, a founder of The Journal of Graph Theory, once wrote, “It has become fashionable to mention that there are applications of graph theory to
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TikTok has seen a substantial rise in videos promoting various types of wellness supplements that claim to increase the amount of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants in your body. However, the benefits of these supplements are questionable; they aren’t typically approved by the FDA. USA Today’s investigation found that one of the main concerns of doctors
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