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TAU: Discovery that may Lead to Personalized Medicine for Infectious Diseases

TAU: Discovery that may Lead to Personalized Medicine for Infectious Diseases   Personalized medicine exists today in a subset of diseases such as cancer, but there is almost no use of personal medicine tools in the field of infectious diseases. Base

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The world’s largest bacteria is visible to the naked eye

Researchers have discovered the biggest bacteria known to science. T. magnifica is 50 times bigger than the next-biggest known bacteria.

Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices

How to revive your sense of wonder | Psyche Guides

That childhood urge to ask ‘how’ and ‘why’ usually fades. But we can all learn to rediscover the joys of wide-eyed discovery

Entertainment | New Star Trek!

Star Trek: Discovery cast on Pike’s legacy, catching up with canon and Season 2’s jaw-dropping conclusion

If you’ve been watching Star Trek: Discovery this season, you’ve been set up with high expectations for the rest of Season 2. Today at PaleyFest – one of television’s preeminent festivals – some of the big guns of the series gathered at the hist

Entertainment | Miscellanneous Trek

Celebrate Star Trek: Discovery’s return with one of the best episodes of the most neglected Trek series - The Verge

Star Trek: Discovery is back for its second season on CBS All Access, and it’s still exploring how being raised by Spock’s parents, Vulcan father Sarek and human mother Amanda, affected series protagonist Michael Burnham. It’s a good time to look ba

Entertainment | New Star Trek!

'Star Trek: Discovery' Fans on Social Media React to the Season Finale

Star Trek: Discovery concluded its first season with a surprise ending that sent Star Trek fans [...]

Entertainment | New Star Trek!

Star Trek: Discovery's Second Season Might Feature More Traditional Trek Touches

Star Trek: Discovery has been different than the iterations of Trek to come before it, in ways both delightful and infuriating. But the second season might be playing with at least a few more elements from the traditional Star Trek toybox.

Entertainment | New Star Trek!

Star Trek Star Trek: Discovery Sets Premiere Date

Star Trek News - The latest chapter in the Star Trek saga has its premiere date -- with the 15-episode season set to be released in two chapters. Read below for specifics.  

Pets & Animals | Animals

Huge sea sponge discovered off Hawaii

Scientists in Hawaii discover a huge underwater sea sponge the size of a minivan, and it may be a new species.

Family & Parenting | Kids

Curious George™: Let’s Get Curious! - Discovery Cube LA

Discovery Science Center is Orange County’s leading destination for hands-on family fun. Guests can explore more than 100 interactive exhibits in themed areas. We also provide standards-based science education to students and professional development pr

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NASA just discovered an Earth-like planet - Business Insider

Some scientists believe we're most likely to find life outside of Earth if we look beyond our solar system. Life, they think, could be present on some Earth-like planet orbiting a different sun thousands of light years away.

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Missing link found between brain, immune system; major disease implications

In a stunning discovery that overturns decades of textbook teaching, researchers have determined that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist. The discovery could have profound implications for disea

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Researchers just recently photographed this extremely cute, endangered mammal for the first time in 20 years

This furry ball of cuteness is an endangered mammal closely related to rabbits and hares. The species was first discovered in 1983 and individuals have rarely been seen since.

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The Science of Popping Popcorn

Two French researchers have at last figured out the precise science of how popcorn pops (before you add butter and salt)!

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Scientists Discover Another Earth!

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope recently discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a nearby star within the habitable zone of our galaxy. Kepler-186f is approximately 500 light-years from Earth in the Cygnus constellation. The habitable zone, also known as

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Physicists just discovered two new subatomic particles. Here's why that matters

Physics might be the most complex of all scientific fields, and at times, it can be hard to explain its fundamental concepts in basic English. But with the help of Patrick Koppenburg — one of the scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) involved in this new discovery — here's a comprehensible guide to these new particles, the Higgs, and the ongoing experiments at the LHC as a whole.

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Astronomers Find Evidence Of Two Undiscovered Planets In Our Solar System

The possibility of a planet lurking in the outer reaches of the solar system has gained new ground, based on the orbits of recently discovered objects. There is a new twist to the latest evidence, however, with suggestions of not one but two large planets

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'Vicious' New Praying Mantis Discovered in Rwanda

On a cool and rainy night in a dense, mountainous forest in Rwanda, insect-surveying scientists discovered a new species of praying mantis, one whose wingless females are