Astronomers in 2017 caught an image of a supermassive black hole in a galaxy far, far away. Doing it in our own galaxy is a huge milestone.
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The Universe is expanding, and the Hubble constant tells us how fast. But how can it be a constant if the expansion is accelerating?
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This technological feat changes our cosmic history.
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Why, exactly, should you die for your child?
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Nuclear fusion has long been seen as the future of energy. As the NIF now passes the breakeven point, how close are we to our ultimate goal?
A radical redesign of commercial aircraft, called the flying-V plane, could increase fuel efficiency by 20%, greatly reducing emissions.
The body uses its own electricity to repair wounds. Faster healing may be possible with additional electrical stimulation.
Popular diets view health as a calorie-crunching equation while excluding a critical variable: mental wellness.
Too many people still view stay-at-home dads as feckless deadbeats, but their acceptance is an important step toward gender equality.
An emerging field studies parasites that take over the nervous system of a host.
A small percentage of people who consume psychedelics experience strange lingering effects, sometimes years after they took the drug.
Regardless of political ideology, one of the few things that many people seem to have in common is a moral hypocrisy that arises from a fundamental lack of self-reflection.