Heat is supposed to ruin anything it touches. But physicists have shown that an idealized form of magnetism is heatproof.

To make progress on one of number theory’s most elementary questions, two mathematicians turned to an unlikely source.

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The coalition is achingly close to achieving a long-held conservative dream — of fashioning a high-low alliance powerful ...

From sustainable crafting to buying pretty Amazon trash, a new interest in crafting online is bringing up larger questions about digital fatigue.

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When Lene was a child, she took comfort in a strange nighttime routine. While lying in bed just before she fell asleep, her bedroom would begin to warp, and her body would do so along with it. The ...