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Occam’s razor holds that the simplest explanation is closest to the truth. But the real world is quite complex ...

Estimates of how fast the universe is expanding disagree. Could a new form of dark energy resolve the problem?

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There may be no greater demonstration of vaccines’ power to deliver health equity than their success with smallpox. “The ...

To Wibberly, the reason so much innovation occurs in rural health is simple. “It’s a smaller community. People know one ...

Author’s note: Wegener was an early proponent of continental drift—a theory initially met with resistance.