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In Phillip Zane's classroom, students weigh an invitation to jump out of an airplane. The skydiving lesson and jump are free, and the exercise assumes there is zero risk of death. But an injury could mean $10,000 in medical expenses and $1,000 in lost wages.
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This El Niño is forecast to end around June next year after smashing all records, but its impacts could persist indefinitely in some parts of the world
With a little help from knot theory, scientists have invented a “robust knit” to fight laddering
Oxidized lipids—fats structurally altered by enzymes, oxygen or free radicals—are double-edged swords that can both quell and ignite systemic inflammation, according to a new comprehensive review…
Some of the best engineers and inventors are copycats. They look at how the natural world solves complex problems and use those mechanisms as the basis for innovations.
A biophysics model describing how cancers spread within the human body could help researchers developing new cancer therapies The post Disordered environments around tumour cells can promote cancer…
New simulations by 2 astrophysicists suggest that supermassive black holes could have planets orbiting them, much like planets orbit stars.
