We’ve all heard the number: 4.5 billion years. But how do we know, and how certain are we that the Earth and Sun are the same age? Billions of years ago, […]
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President Donald Trump on Monday nominated 53-year-old Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s seat on the Supreme Court, a pick that could establish a solid conservative majority in the court for years to come.
Inconceivable wealth. And a few lessons in how not to get rich, too.
The greatest danger to our planet is not pollution or climate change, but our own despair.
For accurate, factual alerts and updates, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is the most comprehensive, reliable news source you could possibly go to. Since 1983, the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island […]
Also, where are you going to find a ram’s horn at this time of year?
Half of all blindness in humans is due to macular degeneration. There looks to be a cure.
Researchers use the world’s strongest material to create a film that can harden like a diamond upon impact.
Can neuroscience provide an alternative hypothesis for the Mandela effect, without evoking quantum physics?
New studies shed light on how Neanderthal DNA is affecting the appearance and behavior of modern humans.
There’s no such thing as a theory that’s too beautiful to be wrong, if it doesn’t agree with experiment. The history of physics is filled with great ideas that you’ve […]
And super-Earth, mini-Neptunes, and super-Jupiters aren’t among them. You’ll be surprised to learn why. Just 30 years ago, if you had asked an astronomer if there were planets around other stars […]
We aren’t lunarly exclusive. Earth has a few minimoons whizzing around us, including one that comes back into our orbit every 20 years or so.
From the birth and deaths of stars to the largest structures in the Universe, Hubble shows us what we’d never see otherwise. When it comes to the Universe itself, perhaps […]
Many tests have reported an ‘anomalous thrust’ where there should be none. A researcher has finally shown where everyone else has messed up. One of the ultimate dreams of humans everywhere […]
The FIRE movement believes frugality is key to retiring in your 30s; others think the movement is about privilege more than prudence.
What causes the urban-rural cultural divide? According to this author, its how we view our communities.
July 16, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the mission that first landed a man on the Moon.
For the Pluto fans, another sad state of affairs: your favorite world won’t make it. Nothing on Earth lasts forever, and that’s a truth that even extends to all the objects […]
The data has been taken, collected, and analyzed. So where is the first image of an event horizon, already? Across multiple continents, including Antarctica, an array of radio telescopes observe the […]
When you look at the history of it, a strange pattern emerges.
In a sense, a proton acts very much like a star.
If December’s best natural sky show seems to get better every year, it isn’t your imagination. It’s science, and it’s spectacular! Every year, the Earth travels some 940 million kilometers […]
And you don’t even need a Delorean at 88 MPH. It’s one of the greatest tropes in movies, literature, and television shows: the idea that we could travel back in time […]
Don’t believe in dark matter or dark energy? Your view of the Universe just got a lot more difficult. If you ask an astrophysicist what’s the greatest puzzle in the […]
You’ve probably seen it hanging around. But how did it get there? And can we live there?
A gratuity is expected in some countries, but taken as an insult in others
Grad student blues are a thing.
Atheism has been called many things over the years. Is it a cult, and what is a cult anyway?
Plant cognitive ecologist Monica Gagliano talks about the challenges facing serious scientific research into plant intelligence.