If you’re a massless particle, you must always move at light speed. If you have mass, you must go slower. So why aren’t any neutrinos slow?
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There were at least four major climate catastrophes that reshaped global religion. It could be happening again.
It took 9.2 billion years of cosmic evolution before our Sun and Solar System even began to form. Such a small event has led to so much.
Multiple lines of evidence — physical, chemical, and biological — must converge for scientists to conclude that alien life has been found.
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In a joint briefing at the 101st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, NASA and NOAA revealed 2020’s scorching climate data.
Haters and disrespect aside, fruitcake is still a robust American tradition.
Over 50 years since humans last walked on the Moon, astronaut footprints and rover tracks are still visible. But they won’t last forever.
Popular diets view health as a calorie-crunching equation while excluding a critical variable: mental wellness.
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Scientists do not know what is causing the overabundance of the gas.
Luck doesn’t fall from the sky. It’s about how you position yourself for life’s challenges.
In the largest star-forming region close to Earth, JWST found hundreds of planetary-mass objects. How do these free-floating planets form?
Russia has long sought to erase the mere idea of Ukraine. But people like my grandmother, born in Druzhkivka, will not let Russia win.
The simulation gave researchers some of the first concrete data linking climate change to human evolution and speciation.
Researchers figure out the average temperatures of the last ice age on Earth.
Mutations that confer malaria resistance occur more frequently in people who live in regions where the disease is endemic.
Hunter-gatherers probably had more spare time than you.
You’ve spent almost a decade gaining extremely specialized skills. But that’s ok; your value is greater than you realize.
Massive objects like black holes, stars, and rogue planets routinely pass near our Solar System. An ensuing comet storm could destroy us.
They have held our fascination ever since we first identified their remains.
These ten maps provide a fascinating insight into the impact that soccer (sorry, football) has had worldwide.
A warming Arctic Circle could be responsible for bursts of cold weather in the south.
Shooting star or piece of space dust?
Our research on a Martian meteorite provides new clues about early surface conditions on the red planet.
A reversal in Earth’s magnetic field 42,000 years ago triggered climate catastrophes and mass extinctions. Can the field flip again?