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And why, even at its faintest, it always outshines every other star and planet. If you’ve been looking to the west after sunset recently, you may have noticed that there’s one […]
The expansion rate is dropping, but distant galaxies are accelerating. Here’s how. If you take a look at any galaxy in the Universe that isn’t gravitationally bound to our own, we’ve […]
Australian researchers figure out a new way to apply extreme pressure and squeeze out diamonds.
If they have mass, then why don’t we see any slow-moving ones? For decades, the neutrino was among the most puzzling and elusive of cosmic particles. It took more than […]
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How can we save humanity from ourselves? In this life and this Universe, there will always be questions beyond the capabilities of humanity to answer. There’s so much that we’ve […]
The sacrifices of early astronauts paved the way for Apollo’s successes, and so much more. In all of history, only 24 humans have ever escaped Earth’s gravity. The very first launch […]
Stewart is supporting a new bill that aims to extend health care and disability benefits to veterans who served alongside burn pits.
Smallpox was nothing new in 1721.
Seawater is raising salt levels in coastal woodlands along the entire Atlantic Coastal Plain, from Maine to Florida.
At 35 light-years away, it’s also the 2nd coolest, 2nd widest planet ever found. Despite discovering more than 4000 exoplanets, most remain obscure. Although more than 4,000 confirmed exoplanets are known, […]
We are tearing ourselves apart over gender issues, with the result that the problems of boys and men are left untreated.
Researchers from MIT invent a highly accurate clock using quantum entanglement that can lead to new physics.
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 recent study showed that monkeys can make logical choices when given an A or B scenario.
A new study explores how wearing a face mask affects the error rates of popular facial recognition algorithms.
A clever new design introduces a way to image the vast ocean floor.
Exceptionally high-quality videos allow scientists to formally introduce a remarkable new comb jelly.
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 […]
Scientists should be cautious when expressing an opinion based on little more than speculation.
Boston Dynamics’ notorious robot goes on an interplanetary mission.
Unbelievably enough, it all comes back to Pythagoras. One of the first theorems anyone learns in mathematics is the Pythagorean Theorem: if you have a right triangle, then the square […]
If you’re wondering whether the blast wave or the radiation would kill us first, you’re asking the wrong question. As far as raw explosive power goes, no other cataclysm in […]
Three decades after the demise of the GDR, its familiar contours keep coming back from the dead.
The strongest tests of curved space are only possible around the lowest-mass black holes of all. One of the most mind-bending concepts about the Universe itself is that gravity isn’t due […]
The Chumash people poked bits of psychoactive plants into cave ceilings next to their paintings.
Previous research suggesting it’s all about prolactin may be missing the mark.
50% of stars are in Sun-like ‘singlet’ systems. The planetary nebulae we see just don’t line up. Around 7 billion years from now, our Sun’s life will end. As the Sun […]
We’re cautiously optimistic about our new findings.