A new paper reveals that the Voyager 1 spacecraft detected a constant hum coming from outside our Solar System.
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An exclusive interview with physicist Lee Smolin reveals how abandoning Einstein’s dream may have been a terrible mistake.
The early colonists thought they were being pulled by God into a void left by plague.
Fulfillment at work isn’t about finding your passion; it’s about cultivating the relationships that create a sense of belonging.
At the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society in Michigan, retrieving sunken vessels is the order of the day. Here’s how they do it.
Delaying or refusing vaccines for non-medical reasons is literally a killer choice. When it comes to issues at the intersection of science and society, there are all sorts of things that […]
I also can’t conjure sounds, smells, or any other kind of sensory stimulation inside my head. This is called “aphantasia.”
Someone breaks into a mailbox that stores letters waiting to be sent and grabs some of them in hopes they’ll contain a check that’s been filled in. That’s just the start.
Traces of heroin and cocaine have been found in the tartar of 19th-century Dutch farmers.
France is split in two by its very own “desert,” the Empty Diagonal. The area’s depopulation is fairly recent, and Paris is to blame.
The James Webb Space Telescope viewed Neptune, our Solar System’s final planet, for the first time. Here’s what we saw, and what it means.
In the name of fighting horrific crimes, Apple threatens to open Pandora’s box.
Personality is not set in stone. If you don’t like some aspect of it, you can work to change it — “fake it till you make it.”
A new study finds that some people just want privacy.
The way you speak might reveal a lot about you, such as your willingness to engage in casual sex.
We’re used to scientists telling us about the math and physics behind astronomical events. But what does studying space make us feel?
Anti-human business practices deteriorate their charges, and there’s perhaps no greater warning of this end result than the life of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel. Nobel invented dynamite in 1867 with […]
Physicists create quantum entanglement, making two distant objects behave as one.
Most people believe themselves to be less at risk from COVID-19 than others similar to them, according to a recent UCL survey conducted in the U.S.
Awe makes us feel smaller but also more connected to life and each other.
Why a survey claims Boomers demonstrate more knowledge and safer behavior.
After my father died, my journey of rediscovery began with the Czech language.
From cryonics to time travel, here are some of the (highly speculative) methods that might someday be used to bring people back to life.
A newly discovered coronavirus — but not the one that causes COVID-19 — has made some dogs very sick.
The German artist painted death as it appeared in life – omnipresent and hidden in plain sight.
In the expanding Universe, different ways of measuring its rate give incompatible answers. Nobel Laureate Adam Riess explains what it means.
Civilization is facing an existential threat from climate change. Will we humans make it? Does anyone in the universe make it?
Protect yourself and your personal information at all times on the internet.
We are likely to see the first humans walk on Mars this decade.