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Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of astronomers led by Abubakar Fadul from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has discovered complex organic ...

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The novel “Goddess Complex,” by Sanjena Sathian, takes a sharp turn from an existential crisis into a more literal one. By R.O. Kwon R.O. Kwon is the author of the novels “Exhibit” and “The ...

As talk about banning phones in schools increases, a new study revealed that the average teen spends a quarter of their school day scrolling. Research led by the Seattle Children’s Research Institute ...

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