These theoretical megastructures represent one way an advanced civilization might harvest energy from stars.
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Inside the “out there” quest for a drug that would help doctors save lives before it’s too late.
From ancient Greek cosmology to today’s mysteries of dark matter and dark energy, explore the relentless quest to understand the Universe’s invisible forces.
An interview with Lisa Kaltenegger, the founding director of the Carl Sagan Institute, about the modern quest to answer an age-old question: “Are we alone in the cosmos?”
When black holes disappear, what happens to the stuff that fell in? Physicist Brian Cox explains.
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Science writer George Musser on the unsung role of friendship in science’s biggest discoveries.
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In the quest to measure how antimatter falls, the possibility that it fell “up” provided hope for warp drive. Here’s how it all fell apart.
Since JWST first glimpsed the Universe, we’ve entered a new era in understanding the earliest objects in the Universe. What have we learned?
Perhaps it’s not just an oddly shaped hill, after all.
Out beyond Neptune are some fascinating bodies left over from our Solar System’s formation. Could one of them truly be spectacular?
In the early 20th century, a young biochemist named Alexander Oparin set out to connect “the world of the living” to “the world of the dead.”
Civil engineer Martin Lebek has a brilliant plan to redress the world’s phosphorus imbalance.
The ability to toggle between abstract and concrete thinking is a key differentiator of high-potential leaders.
Fantasy, meet statistics: The census comes to Middle-earth!
Sleep less, sleep less, sleep more.
A large study concludes that people who grew up in rural areas are superior at navigation, likely because cities tend to be less complex.
Was the terror of Biscayne Bay a man who escaped slavery, an African chieftain, or a marketing ploy that went viral?
On the morning of April 20, 1961, all conditions were “go” for an attempt at free flight. A man was on standby with a fire extinguisher. Just in case.
Using peach and eggplant emojis as shorthand for sex may seem like a new thing, but Renaissance artists were experts at using produce to imply intercourse.
“Once quantum mechanics is applied to the entire cosmos, it uncovers a three-thousand-year-old idea.”
Being mortal makes life so much sweeter.
Scientists have been chasing the dream of harnessing the reactions that power the Sun since the dawn of the atomic era. Interest, and investment, in the carbon-free energy source is heating up.
One of Apple’s key innovations serves as a psychological breakthrough, as its technology eliminates the isolating feel of headset use.
Being a good leader requires emotional capital, which is one reason why many bosses are so bad at it.
Until recently, video games were accused of killing brain cells. Now, researchers are trying to understand how they help players get smarter.
Alchemy had its golden age in the 17th century, when it counted Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle among its adherents.
Who doesn’t love a little existential fear every once in a while?
Skepticism is appropriate when gazing into the futurist’s crystal ball.
When the Hubble Space Telescope first launched in 1990, there was so much we didn’t know. Here’s how far we’ve come.
Artificial general intelligence will not arise in systems that only passively receive data. They need to be able to act back on the world.