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University of Washington campus.Photo: Karen Ducey (Getty Images)Diversity & Gender StudiesDiversity studies broadly tackle social constructs and systemic issues in society, examining factors like race, ethnicity, sociality, class,…

Talulah Riley attends the British Academy Film Awards 2022 Gala Dinner on March 11, 2022 in London, England (left) and Elon Musk at a SpaceX event in Boca Chica Beach, Texas on August 25, 2022.Image: Mike Marsland/WireImage / Michael…

Image: Shutterstock (Shutterstock)A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers some good and bad news about the country’s ongoing monkeypox outbreak. New cases are slowing down, likely thanks to a…

It’s easy to tell workers that fun doesn’t have to cost money when you have lots of money, I dare say.Photo: Jerod Harris (Getty Images)Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who leads one of the world’s richest companies, very likely does not want…

A illustration of a herpes simplex virus. Illustration: Shutterstock (Shutterstock)Scientists may be able to turn a long-time germ foe into a cancer-fighting ally, new research this week suggests. In preliminary data from a Phase I…

Besides the design you chose, another part of proudly showing off a tattoo is reminding others of all the pain you endured to get it. But that might not always be the case, as researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have…

Photo: ShutterstockIn a new paper this month, doctors describe how a 32-year-old man’s habit of inhaling nitrous oxide via “whippits” left him partially paralyzed. Following treatment and the end of his nitrous oxide use, the man did…

Knowledge of astronomy and astrophysics is crucial to understanding some of the most fundamental questions of our universe. We cannot know the origins of anything—from galaxies to black holes to life itself—without studying the cosmos in…

Photo: GizmodoUpgrading the stock stereo system to a multi-disc system with DVD capabilities and a pop-up screen was one of the few ways the benefits of chips and electronics in cars were immediately obvious to the average consumer in…

DataPlay: The futuristic optical disc format that time forgotIn the early 2000s, there were serious efforts to find the next technological breakthrough that would succeed the CD. One of those was the DataPlay, a miniaturized version of a…