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Aerospace engineer Michi Benthaus made spaceflight history on Saturday morning (Dec. 20). Blue Origin launched Benthaus and her five crewmates on a suborbital spaceflight from the company's West Texas ...

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Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental. The discovery raises the possibility that King Tut’s famous jars once held ...

This year has seen some amazing advancements in fundamental mathematics. Researchers have made breakthroughs in geometry, topology, chaos theory, and more. And a startling three of our top 10 ...

Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) board of directors has rejected the $108 billion hostile takeover bid from David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance, calling the offer “illusory,” and saying that Paramount ...

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