Mars, the red planet, was a world we knew almost nothing about until our first spacecraft visited it. In just ~50 years, how far we’ve come!
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The massive craft could carry 100 humans to Mars and revolutionize space exploration.
The brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed, GRB 221009A behaved in unexpected ways that might help us understand how they occur.
Black women are 3x more likely to die giving birth. Here’s one plan to fix that.
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The $21.5-billion project could involve tunneling hundreds of feet under Lake Geneva.
Our brains are hardwired to find fault. The best managers don’t let this steer how they interact with their team.
Gamma-ray bursts are among the most energetic cosmic events of all. On October 9, 2022, a remarkable one occurred: the brightest ever seen.
A unique combination of DNA and silica is the strongest known material for its density (but you’ll need a lot of it before you can build a suit from it).
A fascinating 90 minute podcast between Dr. Ivanna Escala and Ethan Siegel on Starts With A Bang!
Discover how Quantum Bayesianism challenges traditional quantum mechanics by focusing on the role of the observer in creating quantum reality.
Ditch the old brain vs. heart assumptions, and instead think about a heart-led brain.
Invisible cloaks. Ghost imaging. Scientists are manipulating light in ways that were once only science fiction.
Smart CEOs can harness authenticity and humanity on socials — but one slip can spell disaster. Here’s a strategic plan.
The Poisson distribution has everyday applications in science, finance, and insurance. To compare the results of some biomedical studies, more people ought to be familiar with it.
As far as we know, it’s only happened once to one unlucky person in Oklahoma.
19 years ago, the Bullet Cluster provided an empirical proof for dark matter. Even today, modified gravity still can’t explain it.
The Gallup World Poll reveals regional peaks and valleys of happiness across all of the continents.
Jim Lee, President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics, tells us how his childhood obsession with Superman changed his life.
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Susannah Fox, former chief technology officer for the HHS, explains how technology has empowered us to help fill in the cracks of the healthcare system.
Legend holds that newly elected popes in the Middle Ages had to present their genitals for inspection to confirm that they were male.
The first-of-its-kind map, which goes all the way down to the level of a single cell, could help prevent common birth defects.
An influential series of books argues that the history of the world is the history of generations. Is it right?
Back in the 1930s, Fritz Zwicky postulated the existence of dark matter. No one took it seriously until Vera Rubin’s work: 40 years later.
Space missions in 2022 will include massive rockets and asteroid collisions. This is also the year space tourism starts to hit its stride.
The very concept of a “problem with no solution” goes against human nature. But we must accept this harsh reality to have peace in our lives.
By studying the dwarf galaxy Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte ~3 million light-years away, JWST reveals the Universe’s star-forming history firsthand.
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter recently captured images that could help scientists better under the mysterious physics of our Sun.
“The pulsar sort of consumes the thing that recycled it, just as the spider eats its mate.”
Finding out how the Universe grew up was the biggest science goal of JWST. This ultra-early proto-galaxy cluster is one amazing discovery.
Named M51-ULS-1b, it’s certainly a curious astronomical event. But the evidence is far too weak to conclude “planet.”