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The director, who died Thursday at 78, combined Eisenhower-era innocence and experimental cinema to forge one of the most groundbreaking, darkly hilarious careers in American filmmaking ...

Since 2018, we've seen 1ES 1927+654 generate jets in real time and found it may have a lone white dwarf orbiting near the ...

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The dense stellar remnant would, if confirmed, be the closest known object to any black hole, according to preliminary ...

A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...

This season’s toys combine sustainability with creative and educational play. Hasbro’s Life in Reterra ($29.99) invites ...

Once thought extinct, the world's rarest insect – nicknamed the 'tree lobster' – was rediscovered on a remote sea stack.

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One of life's little pleasures is to watch birds coming to the feeder in the winter. Frequent visitors to my feeder include cardinals, chickadees, tufted titmice, house finches, downy woodpeckers, ...

This cultivated rice came in a range of colors, including red, brown, white, and black due to natural changes in the rice grain's outer layer. Wild rice was only one color: red. Over time ...