The Universe is supposed to be the same everywhere and in all directions. So what’s that giant “cold spot” doing out there?
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It took 9.2 billion years of cosmic evolution before our Sun and Solar System even began to form. Such a small event has led to so much.
A true scientific view of if, where, and when extraterrestrial life exists is within our grasp thanks to biosignatures and technosignatures.
The idea is to study the thing itself — be it a work of literature, death, family, a car, a vaccine, or the hospital — without preconceived notions, trendy easy answers, or dogma imposed on it.
Please stop calling our Sun an “average star.” It is philosophically dubious and astronomically incorrect.
Does donating relieve that anxiety? Or make it worse?
Searching for dark matter, the XENON collaboration found absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. Here’s why that’s an extraordinary feat.
We should all pause to appreciate the awe-inspiring beauty of the Universe.
De-extinction, if it is ever possible, will not be simple.
Adams was infamously scooped when Neptune was discovered in 1846. His failure wasn’t the end, but a prelude to a world-changing discovery.
The outrage machine is fueled by toxicity. But there are practical steps that we can take to recapture control over our emotions.
The amazing life of “Gudrid the Far-Traveled” was unjustly overshadowed by her in-laws, Erik the Red and Leif Erikson.
Is history decided by discernible laws or does it unfold based on random, unpredictable occurrences?
This short story is a fictional account of two very real people — Anaximander and Anaximenes, two ancient Greeks who tried to make sense of the universe.
Recent measurements of subatomic particles don’t match predictions stemming from the Standard Model.
After decades of development, whether NASA’s Webb succeeds or fails all comes down to five critical milestones that are only days away.
Science and technology were making early modern Europe a better place to live, but at what cost?
A small percentage of people who consume psychedelics experience strange lingering effects, sometimes years after they took the drug.
A second Enlightenment would have a far bigger task: Saving civilization itself.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
As creatures and machines meld together in increasingly advanced forms, ethicists are starting to take note.
We are traveling in a realm that once exclusively belonged to the gods. Space travel will force humanity to rethink everything.
Defamiliarization is a common tool in the arts. Here we learn how seeing things from a different angle can lead to billion-dollar success.
Our Sun will continue to grow, becoming a red giant and then a planetary nebula. Here’s how large it will get.
Cats twist and snakes slide, exploiting and negotiating physical laws. Scientists are figuring out how.
An optical telescope with a massive 20-foot (6-meter) mirror has an eye-popping price tag of $11 billion.
When you turn a map of East Asia upside down, Beijing’s geographic constraints and regional ambitions become much clearer.
Life largely owes its existence to this equation. Be sure to hug your house plant today.