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About ten years ago, scientists began exploring an unconventional idea for studying the brain: using bioluminescent light to ...

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Thousands of people have gathered at Bondi Beach to honour the victims of last Sunday's terror attack. Vigils were held around the country, with Australians ...

In 1845, Michael Faraday discovered what’s known today as the Faraday Effect—which describes how light and electromagnetism are related. A new study revealed that the magnetic component of light ...

Well, it seems Light No Fire, Hello Games' follow-up to No Man's Sky, is still a long, long ways off. Hello Games founder Sean Murray made the case for No Man's Sky winning the Labor of Love award at ...

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As Thanksgiving approaches, many of us feel the annual pressure to be grateful on command. We sit around tables, share familiar foods, and, as is often the custom, someone asks each person to say what ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole that shines with the light of 10 trillion suns. These bursts of light and energy can come from things ...