Merriam-Webster defines the word palisade as “a fence of stakes especially for defense, further elevating the sense of safety.” Kim says as Hyundai embraces electrification, the IONIQ series ...

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According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, intersectionality is defined as “the way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination (such as racism, sexism and classism) overlap or ...

What is …?” is a section-wide column that explores the STEM majors at UW and explains what they are. This week, c William ...

We may be starting to get a grasp on what kick-started life on Earth – and it could help us search for it on other planets ...

Can one single mathematical framework describe the motion of a fluid and the individual particles within it? This question, ...

For the past several years, Vitaly Podzorov, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Rutgers School of ...

We are the Universe trying to understand itself. How, and why, did we come to be? Why does the Universe take the shape it ...

Holi is a Hindu festival that celebrates spring, love, and new life. Some families hold religious ceremonies, but for many Holi is more a time for fun. It's a colourful festival, with dancing ...

Originally defined as the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter, pi — written as the Greek letter π — appears throughout mathematics, including in areas that are ...

For decades, scientists believed that lead-208, a "doubly magic" and highly stable atomic nucleus, was perfectly spherical.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been at the centre of political turmoil since the Trump administration announced it wanted to shut it down. The move all but ends a six ...