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The National Institutes of Health advises the upper limit for daily intake of selenium – from all sources – is 400 micrograms ...

A team of Rice University researchers reported the first direct observation of a surprising quantum phenomenon predicted over ...

A common mineral, α-alumina, found abundantly in Earth's crust, may have played a critical role in initiating the chemical ...

In their new book, Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen survey flat Earth theory, fake moon landings and other scientific myths and why people believe them.

Quarks are the reason protons have a positive charge. Each quark has a fraction of an electric charge. A proton has two up ...