Medieval manuscripts, paintings and chess sets reveal that the so-called “game of kings” defied social structures and racial attitudes by celebrating the intellectual prowess of winners irrespective of their skin color.
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Medieval chess promoted racial harmony and mutual respect, say historians
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Python blood compound could lead to new weight loss therapies
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the snakes consume enormous meals and go months without eating yet remain metabolically healthy.
The research, a…
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113 million-year-old fossil analysis reveals new dinosaur species
Almost every child in South Korea has grown up with Dooly: a pint-sized, emerald-green dinosaur with two iconic tufts of hair and a penchant for magical mischief. He is a cultural titan.
Now, science has finally given the cartoon its…
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Legal jargon increases guilty verdicts, reduces trust in judicial system, study finds
Jurors grappling with complex legal jargon are more likely to vote guilty while coming away less confident in their own performance and the judicial system, according to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Communication Research.
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Fossil X-ray reveals new species of baby dino named for iconic Korean cartoon
Cute, green, and sporting two sprigs of hair on his head, a mischievous baby dinosaur named Dooly is one of the most beloved cartoon characters in South Korea. So, when researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and the Korean Dinosaur…
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TCL’s German QLED ban puts pressure on TV brands to be more honest about QDs
“Some products marketed as ‘QLED’ use conventional backlight architectures (standard phosphors, optical films, diffuser plates) and rely on picture modes or software tuning to create a more saturated ‘vivid’…
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The math of March Madness brackets
Let’s say you somehow manage to sleep through all of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s March Madness and wake up in a stupor after all 64 college basketball teams in the main tournament have competed head-to-head and a champion…
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Gerd Faltings, mathematician who proved the Mordell conjecture, wins the Abel Prize at age 71
March 19, 2026
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Gerd Faltings, mathematician who proved the Mordell conjecture, wins the Abel Prize at age 71
The Mordell conjecture—now known as Faltings’s theorem—concerns the number of special points on a…
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Caregiving without a net: Poll shows who needs help most
Nearly a third of Americans over age 50 provide regular care to an adult relative or friend with a health issue or disability, a new poll finds. But many of them don’t know about, or use, local resources that could help them with caregiving.
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Meningitis Outbreak Exposes UK’s Decade-Long Gap in Protection : ScienceAlert
Two young people are dead and 20 are receiving treatment after a meningitis outbreak at the University of Kent. The students caught up in it belong to a generation that has never been routinely vaccinated against the strain responsible.
That…
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