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After a wave of controversy surrounding the death of political activist Charlie Kirk, some employees across the country and here in the Piedmont Triad are finding themselves out of work due to ...

Diamonds are made out of carbon — highly organized carbon, that is. Geologists are still guessing how diamonds formed in the Earth from 1 billion to 3 billion years ago. Travis Decker cops give update ...

Astronomers have glimpsed the inner structure of a dying star in a rare kind of cosmic explosion called an "extremely stripped supernova." In a paper published today in Nature, Steve Schulze of ...

Researchers have found a clever way to make quantum dots, tiny light-emitting crystals, produce streams of perfectly controlled photons without relying on expensive, complex electronics. By using a ...

One of the most perfect things about the original Alien is its fiendish simplicity. Driven in part by technical limitations, the movie largely confines its glistening monster to the shadows, and keeps ...

Israel announced last Sunday it would pause military activity in some areas to allow more aid into Gaza following international outrage over widespread starvation and deaths from malnutrition caused ...

Federal funding for US science research has been disrupted dramatically in 2025. In the US, more funding sources, including foundations, start-ups, and venture capital, are emerging. Other countries ...