More than any other of Einstein’s equations, E = mc² is the most recognizable to people. But what does it all mean?
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Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.
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Frank Slater’s book “Practical Portrait Painting” reveals the secrets of masters old and new, from Leonardo da Vinci to Augustus John.
An interview with CRISPR co-discoverer and Nobel Prize-winner Dr. Jennifer Doudna.
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In 2006, Pluto was demoted in a very controversial decision. Unless you ignore nearly all of planetary science, it’ll never be one again.
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Science cannot help us understand or describe first-person experience. Zen koans are a powerful form for helping us reach that description.
Scallop shells have accompanied pilgrims to and from Santiago de Compostela for centuries, for more than one reason
Two stellar mass black holes, if they merge in the vicinity of a supermassive black hole, could have their gravitational wave signal affected by the strongly curved space around them. […]
A strange philosophical thought experiment forces us to ask if the world can be completely described in physical terms.
The ANITA experiment found cosmic rays shooting out of Antarctica. One interpretation claims “parallel Universes,” but is that right?
1859’s Carrington event gave us a preview of how catastrophic the Sun could be for humanity. But it could get even worse than we imagined.
The study sheds new light on the relationship between sleep and mental health.
Two new studies shed light on who first inhabited the islands, who replaced them, and how few people lived there.
On Earth, carbon can form millions of compounds, while silicon is largely stuck inside rocks. But elsewhere, silicon could form the basis of life.
Ev Fedorenko’s Interesting Brains Project highlights the human brain’s remarkable capacity to adapt, reorganize in the face of early damage.
It doesn’t propagate at infinite speeds, and that’s a problem for Newton. When you look at the Sun, the light you’re seeing isn’t the light that’s being emitted right now. Instead, […]
Horses pranced around the western hemisphere until they went extinct in the late Holocene. They were reintroduced by European colonists — though where, when, and how has remained unclear.
About 359 million years ago, at the end of the last phase of the Devonian period, there was a mass extinction event or series of events. An estimated 70 to […]
With 5,000 square degrees of data, the Dark Energy Survey has something important to say. For as long as humans have been studying the Universe, we’ve yearned to know the answers […]
Time for a status check before watching “Moon Knight.”
Fear creates distraction, and that can be a positive experience.
The separation of conjoined twins is fraught with stomach-churning biomedical and ethical challenges.
Going to smaller and smaller distance scales reveals more fundamental views of nature, which means if we can understand and describe the smallest scales, we can build our way to […]
Pain makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. What’s puzzling is why so many of us choose to seek out painful experiences.
The first world that humans should inhabit beyond the Earth is the Moon, not Mars. Here’s why terraforming our lunar neighbor is so appealing.
Mathematically, it is a monster, but we can understand it in plain English.
Hubble’s still going strong after 31+ years. James Webb will never make it that long. Every decision that’s made — in both astronomy and in life — comes with its own set of pros and […]