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Since theNational Science Foundation first started collecting postgraduation data nearly 70 years ago, the number of Ph.D.s awarded in the United States has consistently risen. Last year, more than 45 ...

The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of the universe – a singular moment when space, time and matter sprang into existence. But what if this was not the ...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has drawn intense criticism—much of it deserved—for his stance on vaccines. But lost in the uproar is a ...

A new county-level dataset from Johns Hopkins University researchers reveals a national decline in the measles-mumps-rubella ...

Marijuana use among older adults in the US has reached a new high, with 7 percent of adults aged 65 and over who report using ...

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