NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Reviled by staunch conservatives, the common education standards designed to improve schools and student competitiveness are being modified by some Republican governors, who are ...

Radioactive potassium, common enough on Earth to make potassium-rich bananas one of the “hottest” foods around, appears also to be a substantial source of heat in the Earth’s core, according to recent ...

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Facing opposition from staunch conservatives, the Common Core education standards designed to improve schools and student competitiveness are being modified by some Republican governors. They cite ...

Mars’ interior is harboring a huge secret. New analyses of seismic data from NASA’s InSight lander reveal that concealed beneath the Red Planet’s surface is a vast radioactive ocean of magma reaching ...

Reviled by staunch conservatives, the common education standards designed to improve schools and student competitiveness are being modified by some Republican governors, who are pushing back against ...