Numbers are so fundamental to our understanding of the world around us that we maybe tend to think of them as an intrinsic part of the world around us. But they aren’t. Humans invented numbers just as ...

Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells contain a nucleus. From protozoa to human beings, all have the same basic biological mechanism for building, maintaining, and propagating their form of life: a ...

BACKGROUND: Alternative splicing plays crucial roles in normal heart development and cardiac disease by influencing protein-coding sequences, functional domains, and molecular networks. However, a ...

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Dice are not just accessories: in many board games they drive rhythm, tension, and player decisions. From family classics to strategic ...

Architect Eric Epstein reflects on the golden ratio, a principle that links design, art, music and nature, and continues to shape our sense of beauty today.

As you travel in rural Indiana this time of year, you may happen upon a field of sunflowers. It’s so beautiful that drivers will occasionally pull off on the side ...

The Cubs can trim their magic number two ways. First, they can win. Second, the San Francisco Giants — which are the first team out of the wild card race — can lose. Before the Cubs won on Wednesday, ...

The Chicago Cubs got Jameson Taillon back on the mound on Wednesday night and beat the Atlanta Braves, 3-2. The Cubs (83-63) didn’t get much length from Taillon, who was making his first start after ...