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With low-scoring games and a preponderance of deflected shots, randomness is much more likely to color NHL teams’ records than those of squads in the other four major US pro sports leagues.
In religious traditions, patience is more than waiting, or even more than enduring a hardship. But what does patience look like? And when should we not exercise patience?
AI chatbot makers’ restrictive use policies hinder people’s access to information.
What Trump knew about alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election remains an open question despite the nearly two-year investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
The type of life and professional experience a police chief has can influence how their departments react to protests, new research finds.
The small Gulf state has hosted high-level Western and Iranian delegations, passing messages between them.
Filtering out PFAS is only the first step. These ‘forever chemicals’ still have to be destroyed, and there are many questions about how to do that safely.
New Irish prime minister takes over as the republic faces challenges that include a wave of xenophobia.
From kimchi to kombucha and sauerkraut to sourdough, many traditional food staples across cultures make use of fermentation. And these variations are reflected in your microbiome.
Saturn’s moon Enceladus has geysers shooting tiny grains of ice into space. These grains could hold traces of life − but researchers need the right tools to tell.
Introspection, argument, exploring paradoxes: These are hallmarks of great artists, not just philosophers.
Reagan and Trump − two of the most media-savvy Republican presidents − used religion to advance their political visions, but their messages and missions could not be more different.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently ruled that it won’t approve energy projects on Native lands without tribal consent. But many more applications are pending.
Both politicians are exploiting some tried and true rhetorical and psychological tactics.
There are many outdated laws that states keep on the books, even if they aren’t used. If the Supreme Court overturns legal precedents on rights like same-sex and interracial marriage, that can change.
More than one-third of U.S. households pay more than 30% of their income for housing.
Legal precedents hold that criminalizing someone for their status, such as being homeless, is cruel and unusual punishment. But what if that status leads to actions like sleeping in public spaces?
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that can leak from oil and gas wells, pipelines and landfills. Satellites can spot the releases fast enough to get them fixed and help protect the climate.
Whether people are hunters can have a big effect.
Thanks to a strong oral Urdu literary tradition in South Asia, poems from the past linger in the popular imagination.
There is no shortage of horror stories about online shaming, but it’s not always a bad thing. It comes down to who is doing the shaming and how cohesive the online community is.
New research found a way to both improve the accuracy of deepfake detection algorithms while also enhancing fairness.
There are many ways to kill microbes that cause dangerous infections. Combining genetic screening with machine learning can help researchers identify new antimicrobials.
Where specialized algorithms fail to classify star-borne pulses, human volunteers with just a little training can step in.