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Scientists harness “structural color” to create images in plastic 

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A program at the University of Illinois trains indigenous scientists in genomics—in hopes that future work will be aimed at benefiting those communities. Christine Herman reports. 

U.S. Military Academy cadets wear the colors black, gray and gold for reasons found in gunpowder’s chemistry.

Journalist and author David Epstein talks about his new book Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.

Honest, involuntary laughter cued people to laugh more at some really bad jokes than they did when hearing forced laughter.

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Engineer John Houbolt pushed for a smaller ship to land on the lunar surface while the command module stayed in orbit around the moon.

It can break down the barriers that separate experts from the rest of us

Some 70 years before the Apollo 11 landing, a malevolent natural satellite first landed on the big screen

An analysis of the 2019 edition of the Major League baseball points to reasons why it's leaving ballparks at a record rate.