
People, Not Google’s Algorithm, Create Their Own Partisan ‘Bubbles’ Online
Politically polarized Google users are not steered to partisan sites by the search engine’s algorithm but generally decide to go there on their own
Politically polarized Google users are not steered to partisan sites by the search engine’s algorithm but generally decide to go there on their own
Killer whales in a group near Spain and Portugal may be teaching one another to mess with small boats. They sank their third vessel earlier this month
What you pay for tests, vaccines, and medicine will change
After reading a Scientific American editorial on sleep and school start times, students and their teacher wrote to the editors about their experiences. Their district listened, and school will start later next year...
The death throes of a massive star in the galaxy M101, located just 21 million light-years away from Earth, are entrancing professional and amateur astronomers alike
The Montreal Protocol was intended to save Earth’s ozone layer, but it also helped slow global warming and delayed the melting of Arctic sea ice
How realistic is it to expect to find enough ice on the moon to support human habitation?
A flexible, conductive membrane that can pass sensory information to the brain and muscles is a step towards artificial skin
The huge watery cloud spurting from Enceladus could carry the ingredients for life farther into space than previously known
The least skilled people know how much they don't know, but everyone thinks they are better than average
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