Known as primordial black holes, they could thoroughly change our Universe’s history. But the evidence is strongly against them.
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The attack on the Capitol forces us to confront an existential question about privacy.
Work that can break down the body can also break down the mind.
There are ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way, and ~2 trillion galaxies in the visible Universe. But what if we aren’t typical?
On the largest scales, dark matter holds the Universe together. But on small ones, it helps reveal exactly what it is… and isn’t! Dark matter is often thought of as the […]
How can we learn from the lessons of the past and build a better future?
Why do Black newborns have a relatively high mortality rate in the U.S. — and how does the race of the doctor factor in?
As the first Friedmann equation celebrates its 99th anniversary, it remains the one equation to describe our entire universe.
The corporate word-stock suffers no shortage of overworked metaphors. We drill down to find low hanging fruit, and despite lots of moving parts obscuring our window of opportunity, we mustn’t […]
A wild, compelling idea without a direct, practical test, the Multiverse is highly controversial. But its supporting pillars sure are stable.
New research suggests some men identify with a new form of masculinity that values authenticity, domesticity, and holistic self-awareness.
Working memory is the workhorse of cognition. Having less of it has side effects.
Poland has become an increasingly unwelcoming place for the LGBTQ community. Fifty diplomats hope to change that.
“Our data should be ours no matter what platforms and apps we use,” Yang said.
Our views from the red planet’s surface are more spectacular than ever. Ever since the earliest spaceflight, humanity has reached for Mars. This photo composite shows Meande Ring, a river on […]
No matter how controversial or politicized our world becomes, science remains humanity’s best tool for figuring out how things work.
Ever want to smell like an astronaut? Now you can!
Older people are in grave danger of being left behind.
An MIT system uses wireless signals to measure in-home appliance usage to better understand health tendencies.
Most of us carry a mother’s voice in the neural patterns of our brain.
Despite fact check campaigns, anti-vaccination influence is growing.
We love a good heist movie, but our favorite part is not the caper. It’s building the team. The brilliant thief—just out of jail to do one more job, he […]
It’s a pipe dream that violates the laws of physics, and not even quantum mechanics can give us a way out. One of the most fundamental rules of physics, undisputed since […]
After the 2011 Fukushima disaster, it was Germany, not Japan, that cracked down most severely on nuclear power plants.
Extraterrestrial life should arise fairly easily. But intelligence is another matter entirely. Planet Earth has been around for the past 4.5 billion years or so: about the last third of […]
Pandemics have historically given way to social revolution. What will the post-COVID revolution be?
This could change how researchers approach vaccine development.
Why do so many people report encounters with seemingly similar entities after taking DMT?
Some of them may have formed just 200 million years after the Big Bang. When we look out at the Universe, we’re not seeing objects as they are today, but rather […]
Noise causes stress. For our ancestors, it meant danger: thunder, animal roars, war cries, triggering a ‘fight or run’ reaction.