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Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

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Euclid space telescope sent some images back to Earth during an early testing phase. While reviewing the pictures, astronomer ...

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A Hamptons vacation and a prank gone wrong anchor Burke’s new book, “The Note.” It started with real life. This slim novella about one Irishman’s crisis of conscience during the Christmas ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

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Estimating distances in astronomy is challenging. Think of how hard it is to estimate the distance of someone pointing a flashlight at you on a dark night. Galaxies come in a very wide range of ...