We can describe what we see happening, but we don’t understand why. Despite our vast cosmic knowledge, enormous unknowns remain. The quantum fluctuations inherent to space, stretched across the Universe […]
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Ready to see the future? Nanotronics CEO Matthew Putman talks innovation and the solutions that are within reach.
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We once thought the Moon was completely airless, but it turns out it has an atmosphere, after all. Even wilder: It has a tail of its own.
Pups in puberty prefer not to listen to their owners.
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 […]
Many still cling to the idea that we live in a deterministic Universe, despite the nature of quantum physics. Now, the “least spooky” interpretation no longer works.
Interactive globe shows where your hometown was at various stages of Earth’s deep geological past.
And after years of mystery, we finally know where they come from. Here on Earth, thunderstorms and accompanying lightning strikes represent tremendous releases of energy. It was way back in 2011 […]
Our family tree is complicated, and some of the branches are still unlabeled.
The independent news collective is teaching a new generation of journalists and citizens to spot the stories in plain sight.
The Universe’s idea of a ‘typical star’ has changed dramatically over time. When you look out at the Universe today, you’re not seeing it exactly as it is at one particular […]
The AI remembers that you are 32 years old and like to eat sushi, except on Thursdays.
One Juul representative told high-school students that Juul products were “99% safer than cigarettes,” according to congressional testimony.
The Crab Nebula goes back to 1054, opening a window into our cosmic past. On July 4, 1054, Chinese astronomers recorded a “guest star” in the Taurus constellation. A ‘guest star’ […]
It’s not for climate science and condensed matter physics. It’s for advancing our understanding beyond spherical cows.
Ever want to smell like an astronaut? Now you can!
If we waited long enough, would even protons themselves decay? There are certain things in the Universe that, if you leave them alone for long enough, they’ll eventually decay away. […]
An MIT system uses wireless signals to measure in-home appliance usage to better understand health tendencies.
If you want to know what the Universe is like, you have to look at it in the right way. Only by observing it can we know what the Universe is […]
Don’t let a crisis be wasted. Use this moment to find meaning, purpose, and to refocus on self-care that will improve your mindset and relationships.
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One image can give over 100 times the data we now get from Hubble. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, revealed the previously unseen Universe. The most distant galaxy ever […]
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 […]
And can we devise an experiment to tell, even when we aren’t looking? One of the most bizarre aspects of quantum physics is that the fundamental entities that make up the […]
California’s Bobcat Fire has reached Mount Wilson Observatory’s doorstep. 100 years ago, our understanding of the Universe was very different from what it is today. Einstein’s General Relativity, our theory […]
Scientists confirm that slow blinks are an effective way to connect with a cat.
Unlike most articles that are titled with a question, the answer isn’t automatically “no.” Announced on January 6, 2020, NASA’s TESS mission has just discovered its first Earth-sized, habitable zone […]
“The results change the perception of who a Viking actually was,” said project leader Professor Eske Willerslev.
The microbes that eventually produced the planet’s oxygen had to breathe something, after all.
It doesn’t help that Hollywood has cast the ‘coder’ as a socially challenged, type-first-think-later hacker, inevitably white and male.
New prototype Petri dishes let ordinary scientists in on the advanced technology.