If a large asteroid strikes Earth, it has the potential to release an enormous amount of energy, leading to local or even global catastrophes. The strike that led to the […]
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It’s a very human behavior—arguably one of the fundamentals that makes us us.
We’ve argued over ideology for far too long. It’s time to pick a better route to prosperity. In every civilized society around the world, there’s a trade-off that must be […]
If a crisis like this only comes once in a hundred years, so does this opportunity.
DNA molecules are highly programmable.
There’s a fortune to be made in data and silicon, and everyone is out for their share. Artificial intelligence is this century’s gold rush. Its promises scintillate in them there […]
A new report calls on the departments of certain scientific fields to double the number of black students by 2030.
Many contrarians dispute that cosmic inflation occurred. The evidence says otherwise.
Are there innate differences between female and male brains?
A study of the manner in which memory works turns up a surprising thing.
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 […]
A generation ago, NASA launched their great observatories to explore the Universe. It’s time for round 2. Throughout the history of astronomy, every advance we’ve ever made has come about because […]
Estonia has combined a belief in learning with equal-access technology to create one of world’s best education systems.
If you want to find life in the Universe, this is how you do it. When it comes to uncovering the ultimate truths about reality, we can only reap what we […]
It turns out big ideas don’t always fit in sign-sized slogans.
Since 1957, the world’s space agencies have been polluting the space above us with countless pieces of junk, threatening our technological infrastructure and ability to venture deeper into space.
Inequality from the Recession has a lot to do with how the government designed its response.
A growing body of research suggests that the “clinical pessimism” over treating psychopathy is unwarranted.
Is the “big freeze” our inevitable fate, or can dark energy save us? When we look out at the Universe today, we see sources of light practically everywhere we look. In […]
From talking about Schrödinger’s cat to nuking the South Pole, this decades-old interview shows why Kaku was born to be a science educator.
Chemical engineers have developed a way to protect transplanted drug-producing cells from immune system rejection.
New software makes lab work go much faster—and hastens the search for cures.
Bernie Sanders reveals an even bigger plan than Elizabeth Warren, but does it go too far?
A new book by constitutional attorney Andrew Seidel takes on Christian nationalism.
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, […]
It’s not just about SpaceX and Starlink. What we’re deciding today will have a global impact for years and decades to come. For countless millennia, human beings have gazed up into […]
A gift guide of the hottest educational toys for your budding scientist, engineer, or mathematician.
Scientists exploring human neurons directly learn some remarkable things.
The fast-food company recently agreed to acquire a tech company whose “speech-to-meaning” technology might soon be interpreting customers’ orders.