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Life probably exists beyond Earth. So how do we find it?
Inside, her view extends to the Milky Way and beyond. Seager, 47, is an astrophysicist. Her specialty is exoplanets, namely all the planets in the universe except the ones you already know about ...
Ian McEwan’s next novel, ‘What We Can Know,’ is science fiction ‘without the science’
The next novel by Ian McEwan will be a post-apocalyptic story, set in part in the 22nd century and centered on a scholar’s ...
Smithsonian Magazine23h
Where Does 'Beyond the Pale' Come From?
It was a primary location in Mel Gibson's historic epic 'Braveheart,' and it also played a key part in originating the phrase 'beyond the pale.' National Treasure: The Mold Behind the Miracle of ...