Jonathan Swift Follow me, if you will, on this thought experiment. Admittedly it's at the far end of the spectrum, but the premise stands. You are born to parents who believe, with close to 100% ...

In 1789, George Washington called America “the Great Experiment” because most European ... Have something on your mind? Send to [email protected] or click here to submit via any web browser.

Researchers have long been hunting for a way to make the elusive elements more stable so they can be better studied.

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I recently read Flower Darby’s “5 Small Steps for AI Skeptics” (October 30) with great interest. I’m on record as an AI skeptic. But I’m also deeply involved in my institution’s ...

Here are some undeniable facts: The Earth orbits the sun. Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) at standard atmospheric pressure. Humans require oxygen to survive. The speed ...

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While the FCC evaluates the potential harms of satellite constellations, it currently exempts almost all telecommunications projects — including satellites — from facing formal environmental reviews.

Researchers at MIT recently published the first results of an experiment aimed at searching ... While these findings, published in Physical Review Letters, did not lead to the observation of ...

Applicants for Fall 2025 admission to the Master’s and PhD programs in Computer Science must complete the following steps no later than by 10:00:00 p.m. MST of Dec. 15th, 2024. All documents, ...

Recently, I’ve been thinking about the things that I’d done for the last time without knowing it. My dad put my hair into a ...

To the editor: An article in the Oct. 20 edition of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner about Ballot Measure 2 (repeal of ranked choice voting) had some information that was just plain wrong. Philip ...