This morning's xkcd touches on a shorthand familiar to meteorologists, and pilots: METAR. Exactly the kind of scientific rabbit hole xkcd is known for. Here's the real explanation on Monroe's ...

When the Bill was first introduced in the Maharashtra State Assembly in July, former Chief Minister and Congress MLA Prithviraj Chavan said, “This is nothing but to muzzle protests”. Here is what know ...

We explain. US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations allow human drug compounding — in which licensed pharmacists or physicians can combine, mix, or adjust the ingredients of a medication — ...

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The conflict between Israel and Palestinians — and other groups in the Middle East — goes back decades. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to ...

USB Type-C is the most flexible connection for notebooks and smartphones. The most important of its many capabilities is as a charging socket for battery-powered devices. USB-C should finally make ...

The roots of Russia's invasion of Ukraine go back decades and run deep. The current conflict is more than one country fighting to take over another; it is — in the words of one U.S. official ...