Imagine having an on-call research assistant that can analyze mountains of work and web data to give you insightful expertise in minutes, whether you’re preparing for a big meeting, brainstorming new ...

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Last year, Ohio State won the national championship with a defense that ranked No. 1 in total yards and points allowed, and No. 3 against both the run and the pass. The year before, Michigan won the ...

Move over moon, Earth has a new partner and it’s a small asteroid named 2025 PN7, now officially recognized by NASA as a quasi-moon. Unlike the real moon, this space rock doesn’t orbit Earth directly.

The Milwaukee Brewers are one of the smallest markets in baseball, with one of the smallest payrolls, and yet seem to make the postseason on an annual basis. The ingredients to their team are simple: ...

At this point, most NBA observers expect the San Antonio Spurs to be a young team on the rise in the coming seasons. Armed with budding superstar Victor Wembanyama, former All-NBA point guard De'Aaron ...

Training animals in captivity is extraordinarily challenging due to a host of factors such as an animal's natural temperament and prior negative experiences with humans. But it is often essential in ...

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A new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapability, and thermal ...

There is something in the idea of suicide that seems to challenge the very possibility of honest and open discussion. Even experienced therapists who are accustomed to discussing a variety of "taboo" ...

In a recent report, Judy Woodruff explored the history of violence in Northern Ireland as a warning to our own country about how quickly identity-based conflicts can spiral out of control. She now ...