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His work paved the way for the discovery of the Higgs boson, which explained how particles acquire mass, solving one of the deepest mysteries in physics.

Following the pandemic, the federal government is spending $150 million on new technology to ensure clean indoor air. Here's what scientists are pursuing.

As a new, potentially record-breaking El Niño begins, researchers are vigorously debating whether climate change is driving the phenomenon's intensity.

The author of books like "The Possible Human," she held workshops that drew on mythology, psychology and the experiential ethos of Esalen. But she refused to be called a guru.

After his wife's death while doing fieldwork, he rejected writing as a detached observer, setting off a profound shift in cultural anthropology.

As the game turns 5 years old, the data reveals that while standard-mode players have much more freedom, they're not making the most of it.

British archaeologists may have found the remains of a site where people celebrated the solstice thousands of years ago, a few miles from the famed stone circle.

The State Department is taking over much of the control of global health initiatives, for which critics say the department does not have the expertise.

It's the third such deal the Interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for offshore turbines.

A math whiz as a young man, he later blazed trails, both with his theoretical advances and his advocacy for minority students.