The Social Security program is projected to run out of money by 2032, with benefit cuts starting as early as 2034. Proposed ...
David Cutler is in the spotlight for his work on a tasty-sounding mathematics problem. In January, the New York Times featured a research paper authored by Cutler and Neil Sloane, the founder of The ...
Video by Sarah Joseph and Jon Betz, Smithsonian Digital Studio; Text by Megan Gambino Benjamin Franklin invented swim flippers when he was 12 years old. Frank Epperson, age 11, conceived of the ...
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A new proposal could cap Social Security benefits at $100,000. Here’s who it impacts, why it’s gaining traction, and what it ...
A study of adaptive immunity in sea lampreys — a type of jawless vertebrate from which jawed vertebrates diverged around 500 million years ago — has shown the evolution of a common solution to the ...
In 1869 an innovative new material was created: plastic. Initially envisioned as a substitute for ivory in making billiard balls, the versatility of this new material has seen it applied to almost ...
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