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Challenging a 300-year-old law of friction

Researchers at the University of Konstanz have uncovered a new mechanism of sliding friction: resistance to motion that arises without any mechanical contact, driven purely by collective magnetic dynamics. The study, published in Nature Materials, shows that friction does not

In Search of Banksy

"The British street artist’s identity has been debated, and closely guarded, for decades. A quest to solve the riddle took Reuters from a bombed-out Ukrainian village to London and downtown Manhattan—and uncovered much more than a name."

Bacon: Trump leaving NATO would 'destroy' Republican Party

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Tuesday warned President Trump that if the U.S. were to leave NATO, it would split and "destroy" the Republican Party. "If he broke up NATO on his own, it would be a civil war in the Republican caucus, or the conference," Bacon told CNN's Kaitlan