Some processes, like quantum tunneling, have been shown to occur instantaneously. But the ultimate cosmic speed limit remains unavoidable.
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Perhaps no existential question looms larger than that of our ultimate cosmic origins. At long last, science has provided the answers.
Impossible standards and poor self-understanding are making us miserable.
His grandfather, a member of Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb team, foresaw the potential of nuclear energy to power cities — not destroy them.
Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.
Psychopathic tendencies may be present to some extent in all of us. New research is reframing this often sensationalized and maligned set of traits and finding some positive twists.
A volley of new insights reignites the debate over whether our choices are ever truly our own.
This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
Solving difficult visual puzzles seems to help the brain “rewire” itself by forming new neural pathways.
It might seem like science and faith are at war, but the two have a historical synergy that extends back in time for centuries.
Many mavericks look to Einstein as a unique figure, whose lone genius revolutionized the Universe. The big problem? It isn’t true.
Three years after the pandemic began, we still don’t know the origin of COVID. A strange lack of curiosity has stifled the debate.
When justice isn’t tempered by something such as mercy, forgiveness, or nonviolence, efforts to make society more equitable often backfire.
There are three barriers we need to overcome to have better, more productive arguments.
Cognitive psychologist and poet Keith Holyoak explores whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity.
The photometric filters for the Vera Rubin Observatory are complete and showcase why they are indispensable for astronomy.
Famished, not famous: retrace Orwell’s hunger days, when he was one of the city’s legion of poor foreigners.
In all of science, no figures have changed the world more than Einstein and Newton. Will anyone ever be as revolutionary again?
William Shatner is going to space because Jeff Bezos loves Star Trek.
The unique light signatures of nautical beacons translate into hypnotic cartography.
Einstein’s relativity teaches us that time isn’t absolute, but passes relatively for everyone. So how do telescopes see back through time?
The most momentous and significant events in our lives are the ones we do not see coming. Life is defined by the unforeseen.
The Kazungula Bridge connects Zambia and Botswana, barely missing Namibia and Zimbabwe.
The Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.
There are over 100 known elements in the periodic table. These 8 ways of making them account for every one.
Even the most brilliant mind in history couldn’t have achieved all he did without significant help from the minds of others.
Every observation out into deep space is also a look back in time. Whenever you observe an object, you aren’t viewing it in its present state. When one of Jupiter’s moons […]
From “shell shock” to “combat fatigue,” the wars of the past century have violently illuminated the power trauma can wield over the mind and body.