In our Solar System, even the two brightest planets frequently align in our skies. But only rarely is it spectacularly visible from Earth.
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Boys are four times as likely as girls to develop autism. Girls are nearly twice as likely to experience depression. The immune system may be a player in these and other brain-health disparities.
The Earth that exists today wasn’t formed simultaneously with the Sun and the other planets. In some ways, we’re quite a latecomer.
Massive objects like black holes, stars, and rogue planets routinely pass near our Solar System. An ensuing comet storm could destroy us.
The Santa Fe Institute is a cradle of modern research. Our host Kmele meets some of the brilliant minds who work there.
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The transformational change driven by AI will elevate neurodiversity inclusion as an organizational asset, argues Maureen Dunne.
It could perform a speech recognition task with 78% accuracy.
Ironically, the company did so using technology perfected by the oil industry.
Finding a tiny planet around bright stars dozens or hundreds of light-years from Earth is extremely difficult.
It’s the very closest stars to us that hold the key to unlocking the possibilities for life in star systems all throughout the Universe.
People with higher immune resilience live longer, resist diseases, and are more likely to survive diseases when they do develop.
Tech designed to fuse atoms might be able to clean up space, too.
An emerging field studies parasites that take over the nervous system of a host.
The nearby, bright star Fomalhaut had the first optically imaged planetary candidate. Using JWST’s eyes, astronomers found so much more.
The best answer we have is, “Life is matter with intentionality.”
Kahneman was a world-changing psychologist — even with his lesser known ideas on life satisfaction.
The matter that creates black holes won’t be what comes out when they evaporate. Will the black hole information paradox ever be solved?
Can two planets stably share the same orbit? Conventional wisdom says no, but a look at Saturn’s moons might tell a different story.
No matter what physical system we consider, nature always obeys the same fundamental laws. Must it be this way, and if so, why?
Human civilization has always survived periods of change. Will our rapidly evolving technological era be an exception to the rule?
Western societies seem to be getting inflammation achingly wrong.
The Knights Templar were not only skilled fighters, but also clever bankers who played a crucial role in the development of Europe’s financial systems.
You really can get by with a little help from your friends — if you also look beyond your personal to-do list.
With its first view of a protoplanetary disk around a newly forming star, the JWST reveals how alone individual stellar systems truly are.
Do you think you know the Solar System? Here’s a fact about each planet that might surprise you when you see it!
Can quantum computers do things that standard, classical computers can’t? No. But if they can calculate faster, that’s quantum supremacy.
Reframing life in terms of death reveals some of the biggest philosophical problems with how we think about living systems.
You could send your potential paramour a perfume bottle, a cigar cutter, travel plans — or maybe some cocaine.