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A Ripple In Spacetime: LIGO Discovery Heralded As Breakthrough Of 2016
February’s announcement confirmed a more than 100-year-old prediction by Albert Einstein and opened the door to years of future cosmic exploration. MIT Professor Emeritus
For Pope Francis, A Year Of Reconciliation Abroad Amid Opposition At Home
Pope Francis listens to a children’s band during his weekly general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Dec. 21.
Sign Of Hope: An Interfaith Dinner For The Needy By Muslims, Jews
Co-founder of the Muslim Community Resource Center Khizer Sheriff (center) hands out a spoonful of chicken and vegetables at a Seattle-area community center on
Launch Of Mini-Satellites Give Forecasters Eye Into Hurricanes
Eight small satellites, designed to improve hurricane forecasts by detecting the wind speeds within storms, blasted off on Thursday aboard an air-launched Pegasus rocket,
The Sub-Antarctic Islands Are Home To Strange ‘Megaherbs’
On New Zealand’s Campbell Island near Antarctica, some plants grow surprisingly large despite the inhospitable conditions. We may finally know how they do it
If We Made Contact With Aliens, How Would Religions React?
The discovery of life on another planet might seem incompatible with faith in a deity. Yet many theologians are already open to the existence
‘Beautiful’ Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved In Amber
Israel Wants Mosques To Turn The Volume Way Down
The bill’s proponents describe the so-called “Muezzin Law” as necessary, not to clip religious freedom, but to muzzle excessive noise. The sponsors say their
Europe Presses Ahead With Mars Rover
Europe will push ahead with its plan to put a UK-assembled robotic rover on the surface of Mars in 2021.