From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced April 15 that the agency will fast-track the review process for the Line 5 Great Lakes Tunnel Project. This project — led by the Canadian pipeline and energy ...

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A new study shows that eating more fruits and vegetables during the day can significantly improve sleep that same night. Researchers found a clear link between diet quality and sleep depth, with ...

In Albert Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity, the concept of “time dilation” illustrates that the flow of time is dependent on the velocity and position of the observer. In the quantum world, ...

A major international effort has produced an ultra-precise measurement of the Universe’s expansion rate, confirming it’s faster than early-Universe models predict. By linking multiple ...

In the film, middle school teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) is recruited to help save Earth because of his history as a cell biologist with some iconoclastic ideas about life in the universe.