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Astronomers have long sought a cosmic explanation for the Bible’s Star of Bethlehem, the shining celestial object that, so the story goes, guided the wise men, or magi, from Jerusalem to greet the ...

5 Seconds of Summer have announced a massive 2026 world tour in support of their upcoming album Everyone’s a Star! The trek will begin in Europe in March 2026 before reaching North America in late May ...

Researchers have found that 2D materials can self-form microscopic cavities that trap light and electrons, altering their quantum behavior. With a miniaturized terahertz spectroscope, the team ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

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Unity has fixes ready to go, and Valve has released an updated version of Steam, too. Unity has fixes ready to go, and Valve has released an updated version of Steam, too. is a senior reporter ...

At first, Unity Farm was just what the name implied—a 53-acre parcel a few miles north of Lee’s Summit along US 50. A place where members of Unity, the spiritual movement founded by Charles and Myrtle ...

Copilot 3D will turn your 2D images into 3D models. The tool is freely available to anyone, though you do need a Microsoft account. Microsoft suggests using an image with a single subject, even ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Later this year, Bitmap Bureau is revisiting the classic sci-fi action film Terminator 2: Judgment Day with a throwback side-scrolling game, ...