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A gravitational lens can do more than reveal details of the distant universe. In an unexpected collision of astrophysics and algebra, it seems that this cosmic mirage can also be used to peer into the ...

This time of year, many people are talking about movies and the Academy Awards. Three movies caught my interest this year: Interstellar, The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game. Each one ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This 75-minute teacher webinar focused on the ways in which the Maya have used the Sun to track time for thousands of years. Ancestral calendars ...

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Most of us have a general idea as to why today is Feb. 29 instead of March 1, but until this morning, I, at least, had not been well steeped in the nitty-gritty details (or had forgotten them from ...