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In searching for planets and studying their stars, I’ve had the privilege to use some of the world’s great telescopes. However, our team has recently turned to an even larger system to study the cosmos: Earth’s forests. We analysed radioactive signatures left in tree rings around the world to study mysterious “radiation storms” that have …

Enlarge / A rendering of the star V Hydrae, or V Hya for short. In its death throes, the star emitted a series of expanding rings that scientists calculated are being formed every few hundred years, per UCLA astronomer Mark Morris. ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Dagnello (NRAO/AUI/NSF) Astronomers have caught a red giant star going through its …

John Lewis was a gentle man but a stentorian speechmaker. On Monday, for the last time, his courageous voice echoed in the halls of the Capitol and brought all who heard it to a standstill. As the recording of Lewis ended, Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, took her seat and the Rotunda erupted in applause. …

Pakistani women jostle to receive their ballot papers prior to casting their ballot at a polling station on May 11, 2013 in Lahore. A study in The Lancet provides evidence that free and fair elections are associated with a lower burden of chronic diseases. Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images Pakistani …

When we talk about men as a gender, we have this picture of hard masculine species of the human race, a group that does not wear make-up or accessories in order to look fancy. A deviation from this has often gotten the criticism of either being wimpy or borderline feminine. This has therefore prompted men …

Now this is a “honey” bunch of O’s. Archaeologists have uncovered “strange ring-shaped objects” from a 3,000-year-old hillfort site that unmistakably look like modern-day Cheerios. The discovery, made at a burial site in Austria, was found near an area that is believed to have stored cereals. The researchers note that the rings, which are between …

The N.C. Healthcare Association said Friday it would make available contract rates between providers and insurance companies if it would help resolve a high-profile issue with the State Health Plan and state Treasurer Dale Folwell. However, Folwell said Saturday the offer made by NCHA president Steve Lawler rings hollow to him and is just public …