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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you'd like an expert to answer, send it to ...

Normal matter – which makes up everything we see and touch – isn’t the only type of matter present in the universe.

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The alert and call were sent to students immediately by DPS following the incident, urging students to hide, run or evacuate ...

Paul Gallico was on board the RMS "Queen Mary" when it almost capsized in 1937. The haunting experience shaped his best-selling 1969 novel and its 1972 film adaptation ...

When a plate drops or a glass smashes, you're annoyed by the mess and the cost of replacing them. But for some physicists, the broken pieces are a source of fascination: Why does everything break into ...