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Through new experiments, researchers in Japan and Germany have recreated the chemical conditions found in the subsurface ...

The experiment began in 1927 at the University of Queensland in Australia, when physicist Thomas Parnell set out to prove a simple point: materials that appear solid can, in fact, be fluids.

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Simple machines make work easier to do. But how? Join Joan at the Discovery Center of Idaho as she tries various experiments with simple machines. Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and ...

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During my visits to several schools in villages and nearby semi-urban areas, I encountered a troubling contradiction at the ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the ...

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