For many, 2020 will not be remembered as a “best of” much. We don’t need to repeat the reasons here; it’s sufficient to point out that a 100-year pandemic was […]
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Time always moves in the same direction, but what if the Universe were contracting? As we step forward in time, a number of things always seem to happen together. Objects […]
The concept of ‘relativistic mass’ has been around almost as long as relativity has. But is it valid? No matter who you are, where you are, or how quickly you’re moving, […]
There’s more light than we can account for, and we’ve just measured it robustly for the first time. When we look out at the darkest night skies available on Earth, even […]
An algorithm produced every possible melody. Now its creators want to destroy songwriter copyrights.
A computer coder and a lawyer decide they have a right to speak for all the songwriters that ever lived, those who are alive today, and all those yet to be born.
Here’s why scary stories were once an integral part of Christmas Eve festivities.
The Standard Model and General Relativity can’t be all there is. But how will we discover what lies beyond them? One of the biggest problems with physics is that, apart from […]
Thousands of people are experiencing severe pulmonary issues from vaping, and some are dying.
Thinning forests in the Western United States can save billions of gallons of water per year and improve conservation efforts.
Extraterrestrial life should arise fairly easily. But intelligence is another matter entirely. Planet Earth has been around for the past 4.5 billion years or so: about the last third of […]
From literature to physics, the annual Nobel Prizes aim to highlight the most groundbreaking achievements in every field.
This exoplanet is 10 times hotter than any world we measured and shaped like a football.
The results have startling implications about the evolution of psychopathy in humans.
How an off-the-radar Nobel Prize brings us ever nearer to finding a major cure.
“It is almost impossible to put into words the difference that Alan Turing made to society.”
2019 offers an outstanding selection of books, accessories, and much more for the science-lover in your life! With each passing year, a whole slew of new scientific discoveries, refinements, and improvements […]
Maps show the oldest company in (nearly) every country – and a few interesting corporate trends.
Famous inventors and scientists submission to the daily grind
It’s true that we have a thermodynamic arrow of time, and entropy always increases. But that can’t explain what we perceive. One of the enormous conceptual ideas that came along […]
“Brasilia, the biggest paper town ever.”
The 40th edition of the Starts With A Bang Podcast features Astronomer John O’Meara, the first pristine matter ever seen, and a 15-meter space telescope proposal! One of the great […]
We put presidents on our money, but isn’t there more to life than politics?
The distance between the American dream and reality is expressed best through literature.
From Godzilla to The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, it’s everywhere.
If the only advice you’ve heard on public speaking is to imagine the audience in their underwear, this article’s for you.
Our Universe is 13.8 billion years old, and our Sun formed about 2/3rds of the way through. Here’s what came before it. When it comes to the great cosmic question of […]
The two planets most suited for habitability had very different fates. At last, scientists know why. Imagine the early days of our Solar System, going back billions of years. The Sun […]
A study of 323 uprisings against repressive regimes yields stunning insights.
Senator John Sidney McCain III, who died Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 at the age of 81, is lying in state in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol.
The states with golden stars on them are extra intriguing.