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Solving one of the oldest algebra problems isn't a bad claim to fame, and it's a claim Norman Wildberger can now make: The ...

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The Eta Aquariids are the debris left by a comet called 1P/Halley, or Halley's Comet, which comes around every 76 years. Its ...

For five months in 2017, farmworker Alka Kamble experienced blurred vision in one of her eyes but didn't consult an ...

What does it mean to live a good life? For centuries, philosophers, scientists and people of different cultures have tried to answer this question.

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Kahneman said not to expect the results to change anyone's mind, even if they decisively favored one theory over another.

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