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In orbit above Earth, scientists are watching some of the strangest life forms in the universe rewrite the rules of evolution in real time. Viruses that prey on bacteria, along with the bacteria ...

From Rafi and Kishore to Arijit Singh, Indian cinema shows a quiet law: no playback singer, however gifted, remains the dominant voice forever ...

Ordinary social networks face a constant onslaught of chatbots pretending to be human. A new social platform for AI agents ...

Instructors cracking a joke here and there could make students feel better about the class as a whole, according to new ...

A University of Missouri researcher is pioneering an innovative solution to remove tiny bits of plastic pollution from our ...

Scientists at Université de Montréal and its affiliated Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine have made a major ...

More than 30 million people with HIV must take antiretroviral therapy (ART) medications daily to keep the virus under control, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The ...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.11%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.69%, and the ...