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William Paley was an 18th–century English clergyman, Christian apologist and philosopher. He is best known for his design ...

Raccoons have easy access to food in the form of human trash. It could be jump-starting physical and behavioral changes in the masked bandits, new research suggests.

A doctoral student travels to Washington to explain the enigma of neutrinos, particles that are as strange as they are ...

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A new study of M31, also known as Andromeda, explains how our cosmic neighbor kills off smaller nearby galaxies.

In an age of online shopping and self-checkout lanes, the flea market offers face-to-face interaction with the people who make, find, or sell the items you’re buying. Conversations happen naturally, ...

When you first approach the Kennewick Goodwill, the modest exterior gives little hint of the vast universe of secondhand treasures waiting inside. The beige building with its signature blue oval logo ...

Consciousness is fundamental; only thereafter do time, space and matter arise. This is the starting point for a new ...

Will the universe keep existing forever? An astrophysicist explains how scientists aren’t entirely sure, but they can make ...

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