In the pre-internet era, turning 18 in America conferred a very specific, if furtive, privilege: the right to walk into a store and buy an adult magazine ... In the online world, the law has ...

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The particle-physics funder will provide financial incentives to encourage practices such as data sharing and transparent ...

Martin and “Wild Cards” author Ian Tregellis turn a scenario from the science fiction book series into the foundation for an ...

Last year, the team made headlines when it published a paper describing how metal lumps at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean ...