Curious Kids[1] is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.[2]. How was the Earth built? – Noah, age 5, Florida It isn’t easy to figure out how the Earth was built, because it happened 4½ billion years ago, and no one was there to
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In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has terminated[1] more than US$2 billion[2] in federal grants, according to a public source database compiled by the scientific community, and it is proposing additional cuts that would reduce the $47 billion budget[3] of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, also known as the NIH, by nearly...

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Live and on-demand video constituted an estimated 66% of global internet traffic[1] by volume in 2022, and the top 10 days for internet traffic in 2024 coincided with live streaming events[2] such as the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing match and coverage of the NFL. Streaming enables seamless, on-demand access to video content, from online...

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What does it mean to live a good life? For centuries, philosophers, scientists and people of different cultures have tried to answer this question. Each tradition has a different take, but all agree: The good life is more than just feeling good − it’s about becoming whole.

More recently, researchers have focused on the idea of...

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