Right now, molecules in the air are moving around you in chaotic and unpredictable ways. To make sense of such systems, physicists use a law known as the Boltzmann distribution, which, rather than ...

A normal yield curve features higher yields for long-term debt than short-term debt, reflecting compensation for risk and time value of money. An upward sloping curve indicates financial markets ...

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Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

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What Is a Normal Sinus Rhythm? Normal sinus rhythm is when your heart beats in a regular, organized way. Your body has a built-in pacemaker called the sinoatrial (SA) node, or sinus node. It uses ...

Because vulvas are typically pretty private, most of us don’t exactly get to see (or compare) the different kinds out there —so it’s easy to wonder whether yours is “normal”, right? Well, spoiler: ...

New models suggest that Europa has very little tectonic activity at its seafloor, which is potentially catastrophic news for the hopes of finding alien life within its ocean. The new findings ...

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Correspondence to Dr Jenna M Schulz, Family Medicine, Western University Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, Canada; jschulz2{at}uwo.ca Objective Women are often advised to return to ...

But Why is a show led by kids. They ask the questions and we find the answers. It’s a big interesting world out there. On But Why, we tackle topics large and small, about nature, words, even the end ...

After generations of struggle for suffrage, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1919 and ratified in August 1920. To mark the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020, ...