Many of his criticisms ring true today.
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Even with only 12.5 hours of exposure time, James Webb’s first deep-field image taught us lessons we’ve never realized before.
13.8 billion years ago, the hot Big Bang gave rise to the Universe we know. Here’s why the reverse, a Big Crunch, isn’t how it will end.
Such massive, early supermassive black holes have puzzled astronomers for decades. At last, we’ve finally figured out how they form.
Released in 1972, “Ways of Seeing” has proven to be as worthy of study as the artistic traditions it investigates.
The finding is remarkably similar to the Dunning-Kruger effect, which describes how incompetent people tend to overestimate their own competency.
Two famous Italian design companies joined forces to create this masterpiece.
Amid such suffering, people need some joy.
The thrills and horrors of strange heavenly bodies condensed into one attractive snapshot.
The great theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg passed away on July 23. This is our tribute.
Our social instincts can lead us to adopt models of desire that might not serve our interests.
Spirals, ellipticals, and irregulars are all more common than ring galaxies. At last, we know how these ultra-rare objects are made.
The recently discovered Oort cloud comet, Bernardinelli–Bernstein, has the largest known nucleus: 119 km. Here’s what it could do to Earth.
Vladimir Putin adores Fyodor Dostoevsky. A close reading of the legendary author’s texts reveals the feeling might have been mutual.
A theoretical physicist returns to Penrose and Hameroff’s theory of “quantum consciousness.”
The natural wonders of Mauritius include the spectacular sight of an underwater waterfall. Here’s the science of how it works.
The list includes eleven species of birds, eight species of freshwater mussels, two fish, a bat, and a plant from the mint family.
The Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.
A school lesson leads to more precise measurements of the extinct megalodon shark, one of the largest fish ever.
An interview with filmmaker Jason Sussberg about his new film about Stewart Brand and the importance of culture in achieving progress.
What was the universe like one-trillionth of a second after the Big Bang? Science has an answer.
Ultrasound might be able to damage the novel coronavirus in the same way an opera singer’s voice can shatter a wine glass.
Music is often labelled a “universal language,” and according to the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, there is a good reason for that.
A mineral made in a Kamchatka volcano may hold the answer to cheaper batteries, find scientists.
A new “evidence-based nature prescription program” will see patients spending time in the woods.
How do these little beasties detect light anyway?
India finishes last of 60 countries in environment and sustainability, as ranked by the expats who work there.
Here’s what Einstein meant when he spoke of cosmic dice and the “secrets of the Ancient One”.