Humans have been fermenting food and drinks — everything from kimchi and yogurt to beer and kombucha — for more than 13,000 years[1].

Fermentation – a natural process that uses microorganisms to create alcohols and acids from carbohydrates – can

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Imagine that you have low vision and you’re completing an online job application using screen reader software.

You get through half the form and then come to a question with drop-down options the screen reader cannot access because the online form

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Almost nothing in the world is still. Toddlers dash across the living room. Cars zip across the street. Motion is one of the most important features in the environment[1]; the ability to predict the movement of objects in the world is often directly

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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]. Why are there small and big black holes? Also, why are some black holes invisible and others

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As the war between Israel and Hamas drags on, many on both sides have taken to social media to gather information and air their outrage. The impulse to do so is understandable: Political activism on social media provides people with an emotional outlet

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Dogs have been in the Americas for more than 10,000 years. They were already domesticated when they came from Eurasia with the first people[1] to reach North America. In the coastal parts of present-day Washington state and southwestern British Columbia,

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