Language learning app Duolingo Inc (DUOL.O) notched a valuation of $6.5 billion after its shares surged nearly 40% in the company's Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, becoming the latest education technology startup to impress Wall Street.

Nature - Electrons from a droplet of sodium and potassium turn water into a metallic material that conducts electricity.

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Just a sliver of our modern human genome is uniquely shared with other humans, and not shared by other extinct groups like Neanderthals and Denisovans.

Government, according to Mkhize, is “relieved” as Pfizer eventually conceded and removed the “problematic term”

Researchers say ‘overexploitation of the Earth’ has seen many of its ‘vital signs’ deteriorate to record levels.

We've noticed that some of our automatic tests fail when they run at 00:30 but work fine the rest of the day. They fail with the message
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in stderr, which wasn't expected. Why are...

There are some phrases that should stop you in your tracks. The warning of a future that holds "untold suffering" is one of them. That is exactly what scientists from around the world are cautioning will happen if we don't take the threat of climate…

Curious how much common medications such as acetaminophen/paracetamol cost in an ICU? What about the actual daily room cost in an ICU? Or, specific treatments/labs? What about diaper cream? I'm sharing the itemised bill of one of my daughter's 5 ICU addmissions…

A hacker was able to obtain over 280,000 personal identity photos following an attack on the state information system last Friday. The suspect is reportedly a resident of Tallinn.

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University of Surrey professor secures landmark after the UK, Europe and the US refused applications