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Directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady tell IndieWire about making their latest documentary feel as momentous and magical as it does to come of age.

The expansion of remote work, advances in AI and the growth of influencer platforms have all led to a kind of self-employment ...

Researchers have documented for the first time that insects can hear and react to plants’ acoustic distress signals, which ...

The council approved guidelines for the 2026 budget on Monday, including a year-long hiring freeze and policies aiming to ...

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The Trump administration’s legal case for cutting nearly $3 billion in federal aid to Harvard University was met with ...

Physicists would dearly love to find new particles, but there's no sign of them in colliders like the LHC. Now we have found ...

Every year, the Ig Nobel Prize is awarded to ten lucky winners. To qualify, you need to publish research in a peer-reviewed ...

There are a few things international students applying to college in the United States can do to put their best foot forward.

The new rules are “probably the biggest step forward in our development practices I’ve seen in 20 years," an environmentalist ...

Doing more physical activities throughout the week is a known way to improve sleep, but new research shows you don't have to ...