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Freethink's weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring a stranded space factory, Jeff Bezos' new moon lander, and more.

Want to write a time-travel story? Do so at your own risk.

Could a theory from the science of perception help crack the mysteries of psychosis?

Use words with plosives and affricates if you really want to make sure everyone knows you mean business.

Pluto failed to meet the definition of a planet, but some astronomers think there might be a legitimate Planet 9 out there.

Recent claims put LK-99 as the first room temperature, ambient pressure superconductor ever. Has the game changed, or is it merely hype?

∆G = ∆H - T∆S is one of the most abstract formulas in science, but it is also one of the most important. Without it, life cannot exist.

The Poisson distribution has everyday applications in science, finance, and insurance. To compare the results of some biomedical studies, more people ought to be familiar with it.

The AI is helping Twitter users plot movies, design meal plans, and more.

St Nick had a history of teleporting long before needing to reach all the world's children in one night.

Evolutionary success is not about the number of one's children, but one's grandchildren: the children need to survive and pass on their genes.

If you go young, blue, and massive, you top out at 50,000 K. That’s peanuts! Surprise! The biggest, most massive stars aren’t always the hottest. Although its neighbor, Messier 42, […]

The inside of every black hole leads to the birth of a new Universe. Could our Universe have arisen from one?

Zuranolone might help people feel better sooner than if they were relying on standard treatment alone.

Sick of remembering a random string of letters, numbers, and special characters?

Despite Betelgeuse’s recent faintening and brightening, I’d bet on these stars instead. Betelgeuse, a nearby red supergiant, will someday explode. The black hole at the center of the Milky Way should […]

Galaxies can have regions both hotter and colder than the background radiation of the Universe. When we talk about the depths of space, we get this picture in our heads […]

Great genius is not born of lightning bolt-like moments of inspiration. In reality, perseverance plays the biggest role.

Instead of fear, his delusions bring him cheer. His psychiatrist embraces them.

These salamanders are helping unlock the mysteries of brain evolution and regeneration.

It’s all about salesmanship.

Forget these scientific myths to better understand your brain and yourself.

Stories of child prodigies and the naturally gifted hide the fact that success is built on more than talent alone.

Survivorship bias occurs when we fail to consider how data was collected. To combat this, search for the "silent evidence."

From wearable electronics to microscopic sensors to telemedicine, new advances like graphene and supercapacitors are bringing "impossible" electronics to life.

Any dataset that can be quantified over time can be turned into a contest that is both exciting and (a little bit) enlightening.

When three wise men gifted baby Jesus with gold, frankincense, and myrrh, they had no idea one was made from colliding neutron stars.

“It doesn’t erase what happened to you. It just changes the impact it has on your life.” 

Using physics, Ross Chastain floored it during the final turn, scraping the wall and passing 5 cars to advance to the NASCAR championship.

Move over, IC 1101. You may be impressively large, but you never stood a chance against the largest known galaxy: Alcyoneus.