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The upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope is the event of a lifetime.
From corrupt czars to bloodthirsty Bolsheviks, Russia has had no shortage of bad leaders. But just how evil were they really?
Research has shown the benefits of mindfulness, but the current mindfulness craze cannot deliver on its overhyped promises.
In the name of fighting horrific crimes, Apple threatens to open Pandora’s box.
Why are the rest masses of fundamental particles related like this? When it comes to the nature of matter in the Universe, the Standard Model describes the known elementary particles perfectly […]
A new study looks at what happens when you get infected with two viruses at the same time.
Mathematically, it is a monster, but we can understand it in plain English.
From the Notre Dame to Buddhist statues, dozens of irreplaceable artifacts are destroyed every year by both man and nature.
Socrates is considered the “Father of Western Philosophy,” but perhaps that honorific should go to Plato.
Life finds a way — particularly if it has a moon.
More energy means more potential for discovery, but we’re topped out. If your goal is to discover something completely novel, you have to look in a way that no one else […]
Signals from across the universe point toward a fascinating possibility.
A female boar’s intelligence, resolve, and empathy stun researchers.
Anxiety can be good or bad. It turns out that it’s really up to you.
If you had a clear western horizon, you had your shot at this view! On September 9, 2021, the Moon and Venus nearly overlapped. A simulated view of the post-sunset skies […]
Instead of digging for metals, we could extract them from salty, subterranean water.
A study reports that people think those with similar personality traits look alike and vice versa.
To date, only one research vessel has ever encountered a milky sea.
The famous social robot is about to start rolling off the assembly line.
Hindsight is 20/20, particularly when you have had 20 years to think about what happened.
Is there actually anything deserving of the term AI?
These animals to grow scalpel-sharp and precisely shaped tools that are resistant to breaking.
Whenever the climate cooled, our hominin ancestors would set up shop in the Arabian Peninsula and vanish again when the planet warmed up.
Once limited in range, mass hysteria can now spread across the globe in an instant.
The power tower has superior physics but inferior economics.
Once merely a theoretical curiosity, they might be the key to understanding so much more. Out of all of the known particles — both fundamental and composite — there are a whole slew of properties […]
After 100 million nights of people asking, “What are those twinkly lights?” it is pretty remarkable that we happen to live in one of the first generations that actually knows the answer.
Yet another ocean monster has been discovered.