Light is usually described using quantum mechanics when phenomena like entanglement enter the picture. But a new paper shows ...

For the first time, the United States has been classified as a “backsliding democracy” in a global assessment of democratic societies by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral ...

A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has advanced the characterization and retrieval capability evaluation of microphysical properties of ...

In this age of political polarization, where folks sometimes see key aspects of reality in dramatically different ways, aligning people around a shared reality within a business organization is ...

NASA has taken a surprising new look at a white dwarf star called EX Hydrae, revealing details that astronomers have never ...

About 10 years ago, political scientist James Adams saw something troubling. New polls asked Americans whether they agreed or disagreed that people in the opposing political party weren’t simply wrong ...

With less than a month left until January, Merriam-Webster has chosen its 2024 Word of the Year, one that has often defined the political landscape of the United States and its candidates. The word, ...

Following a contentious presidential election, Merriam-Webster has chosen its word of the year for 2024: “polarization.” The American dictionary publisher announced its selection today, defining the ...

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