Diving into the incredible strength of graphene, a material thinner than paper yet tougher than steel. See why it’s ...

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An exploration of graphene’s exceptional strength and durability, explaining why this material outperforms traditional metals ...

History often provides perfect metaphors for our personal struggles. Few historical episodes offer more relationship wisdom than Plato's three ill-fated journeys to Sicily in the 4th century BCE.

When Plato was an infant, bees alighted on his lips and, nestling there, set about making honey. His parents had placed him, sleeping, on the summit of a mountain while they paid tribute to the gods, ...

The ancient world gave us lots of things: Democracy, science, literature. It also gave us the columnist. Before Fintan O’Toole there was Simeon Stylites, who preached for more than 30 years from a ...

Artificial intelligence is transforming “the way we think about the world, the way that we communicate [and] our political culture in a democracy,” Greece’s former prime minister George Papandreou ...

If the age of US exceptionalism is coming to an end, where should you be looking for the next great market? China and India would seem good bets as emerging markets with economic superpower potential.

A BMJ investigation is delving once again into questions over the quality and conduct of the PLATO trial that launched ticagrelor (Brilinta; AstraZeneca) 15 years ago. It’s also reinvigorating a ...

As the 2024 campaign season heats up, inflation remains a central issue — maybe the central issue. The two candidates, however, have very different explanations for what caused it, and very different ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. An ancient, charred scroll that once lied beneath the ashes of Mount Vesuvius has unveiled the true resting place of Plato—and a bizarre detail about ...