For thousands of years, humanity had no idea how far away the stars were. In the 1600s, Newton, Huygens, and Hooke all claimed to get there.
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Although early Earth was a molten hellscape, once it cooled, life arose almost immediately. That original chain of life remains unbroken.
Leading a scientific revolution is easy: you just have to succeed where the current theory fails while equaling its successes. Good luck!
Early on, only matter and radiation were important for the expanding Universe. After a few billion years, dark energy changed everything.
How close are we to human teleportation? Successes in quantum teleportation experiments abound.
Companies can identify you from your music preferences, as well as influence and profit from your behavior.
A new AI-generated map of dark matter shows previously undiscovered filamentary structures connecting galaxies.
End of life patients face mental health challenges uniquely existential and spiritual in nature — but psychedelics are emerging as a possible solution to relieve the suffering.
The pattern 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc., is the Fibonacci sequence. It shows up all over nature. But what’s the full explanation behind it?
The way that the ancient Megalodon adapted to water temperature has important implications for modern marine creatures.
Choking under pressure seems to have deep evolutionary roots.
Brian C. Muraresku, New York Times best-selling author of “The Immortality Key,” unpacks ancient evidence for the widespread ritual use of psychoactive plants.
Until recently, video games were accused of killing brain cells. Now, researchers are trying to understand how they help players get smarter.
Known as orphaned planets, rogue planets, or planets without parent stars, these “outliers” might be the most common planet of all.
Dark matter hasn’t been directly detected, but some form of invisible matter is clearly gravitating. Could the graviton hold the answer?
Fish are surprisingly good in numbers tests — a skill that sometimes makes the difference between life and death.
A spherical structure nearly one billion light-years wide has been spotted in the nearby Universe, dating all the way back to the Big Bang.
Our social instincts can lead us to adopt models of desire that might not serve our interests.
They have held our fascination ever since we first identified their remains.
Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.
Like his “Mona Lisa,” Leonardo da Vinci’s “Lady with an Ermine” depicts a woman in a way that flouted the conventions of its time.
Implicit bias may be outside your conscious control, but that doesn’t mean change is.
To gain its full value, L&D leaders must be open to challenging assumptions about how they approach on-the-job training.
What you can learn about media by parodying it from the print era into the digital age.
Anxieties about being identified will be superseded by fears of being analyzed.
The big-picture physics is simple – let gravity do its job.
There are many things that separate science from ideology, politics, philosophy, or religion. Follow these 10 commandments to get it right.
It is through speaking and listening that human beings become who they are.
The concept of burnout is nothing new. But there are ways to prevent burnout and promote greater engagement with work.