Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

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Filmmaker Marcel Mettelsiefen talks about making the documentary ‘Drug War in Ecuador,’ an on-the-ground look at the country’s ongoing crisis.

From today, Europe’s biggest budget airline will not allow passengers to fly using print-outs of boarding passes. Instead, ...

An ambitious plan to sequence genomes for 1.85 million eukaryotic species on our planet is underway. It's a massive ...

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