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Some sci-fi movies have cliffhanger endings that get answered by the stars or a sequel, but others never get resolved at all.

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Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there are still huge hurdles to overcome.

Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claimed immigration enforcement would focus on those who had committed serious crimes. “On President Trump’s first day in office,” it ...

Over a decade ago, I was a public official and was at one of our commission meetings on the coast of California. A fellow commissioner and I decided to take a long lunchtime walk along the coast. As ...

Researchers at the University of Tuebingen, working with an international team, have developed an artificial intelligence that designs entirely new, sometimes unusual, experiments in quantum physics ...

If you've been following exoplanet research over the last couple of years, you've definitely heard of K2-18b. Located 124 ...

The prolific author offers some clever spins on time travel and simulation theory in Tailored Realities At the tail end of 2025, Brandon Sanderson left his massive Cosmere fantasy universe behind for ...

Superman has one of the greatest rogues’ galleries in comic book history, and these are the most powerful villains he’s ever faced.

In the face of rising emissions from data centres, researchers are turning to micro-explosions in glass and the use of DNA to solve big data's big problem.