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Americans are reading less and struggling to focus on tasks these days. Here's how Gloria Mark, who studies attention spans, suggests improving your focus.

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Chinese scientists claim to have created the long theorised hexagonal diamond, stronger than the real thing, and only found ...

The spacecraft slowed down the system's 76,000 mph orbital speed... by two inches per hour. We're going to have to punch a lot harder if we want to save Earth.

The brain may organize emotions like locations on a map, revealing a hidden system that helps people interpret changing feelings.

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Roughly three months after it voted to not hire an outside firm to complete a staffing study, and instead directed its superintendent to present information and recommendations on how to ensure its ...

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