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A year ago, a puzzling gap existed between black holes and neutron stars. With nearly a year of new data, LIGO solves the puzzle. On Monday, March 16, 2020, astrophysicist Carl […]
You’ve likely heard of solar energy, but what is osmotic energy?
The few seconds of nuclear explosion opening shots in Godzilla alone required more than 6.5 times the entire budget of the monster movie they ended up in.
One bill hopes to repeal the crime of selling sex and expand social services; the other would legalize the entire sex trade.
‘Fast Optical Bursts’ will confound ground-based astronomy. As of 2021, planet Earth is currently experiencing the least pristine night sky in recorded history. Prior to the development of artificial lighting, […]
The 57-year-old is teaming up with NASA and SpaceX for the film project, which is to be set aboard the International Space Station.
Using modern tools, a team of astronomers uses celestial sleuthing to figure out when Vermeer painted his masterpiece “View of Delft.”
Two Williams pioneered geological mapping in Britain and the United States – but the world only remembers one.
Fighting materialized, virtual monsters can be cathartic in stressful and precarious times.
Can reading increase empathy and charitable thinking?
The Demo-2 mission represents a new era for American spaceflight.
After the Big Bang, merging supermassive black holes are unparalleled. Here’s how we’ll find the first one. Last week, NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory made history by announcing the most energetic explosive […]
Apollo 11’s moon landing inspired many to reach for the impossible.
Going from a solitary teenage protester in front of the Swedish parliament to a global icon in little more than a year certainly merits a distinction.
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From STEM kits to fashion dolls, these creations all came from the minds of female inventors and designers.
With 45% of recent college graduates under or unemployed, it’s time to explore new solutions.
Perspective twisting books on biology, social science, medical science, cosmology, and tech.
From anti-gravity pens to cool model kits, these space-themed gifts will make any star gazer very happy.
It’s a very human behavior—arguably one of the fundamentals that makes us us.
Study finds quantum entanglement could, in principle, give a slight advantage in the game of blackjack.
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Black hole mergers are some of the most energetic events in the Universe. Could the gravitational waves they produce ever harm us? The Universe is not a static, stable place. Out […]
Enough mass in one location will always create a black hole. But not all masses are possible. If you take enough mass and compress it into a small enough volume […]
An antibody produced by llamas seems particularly effective at neutralizing a key protein of the novel coronavirus.
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Light cannot escape from a black hole, no matter what. But when two black holes merge? They just might. On September 14, 2015, history was made as the NSF’s twin LIGO […]
Sometimes not looking forward to something helps you get it done.
Human-challenge trials are not without risk, but they could speed up the process.