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Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union created secret cities to house the scientists working in their nuclear weapons programs. Both nations went about this in very different ways and with very different, sometimes disastrous, results.
The other great spiral galaxy in the local group demonstrates why we’re #2, even in our own backyard. The Milky Way is our cosmic home, containing hundreds of billions of […]
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A seismic shake-up at a venerable literary gatekeeper. Shallow and not-so-shallow consumerism. The Paris Review’s new editor on old ghosts, new voices, and what’s worth keeping.
Of all the experiments performed and measurements made involving fundamental particles, none has ever violated the Standard Model. Until now. If there’s one thing you can count on physicists for, it’s […]
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Using advanced laser technology, scientists at NASA will track global changes in ice with greater accuracy.
A new study discovers the “liking gap” — the difference between how we view others we’re meeting for the first time, and the way we think they’re seeing us.
Riddle me this: what do brain teasers tell you during a job interview? A lot, but not about the applicant.
Our biases, preferences, and ideas of simplicity and elegance can get in the way. Here’s a scientific way to cut through them all. What are the rules governing reality? If you […]
How a cataclysm worse than what killed the dinosaurs destroyed 90 percent of all life on Earth.
New research offers a tip for politicians who don’t want to be seen as corrupt: don’t get a big head.
Although London is predominantly Christian, this map shows an archipelago of different faiths throughout the city.
These five main food groups are important for your brain’s health and likely to boost the production of feel-good chemicals.
Infographics show the classes and anxieties in the supposedly classless U.S. economy.
Some parts of the world are going backward right now. Where will it leave us?
The Boring Company plans to build a new tunnel system that would connect residential garages to an underground hyperloop via elevator, potentially enabling people to someday enter the futuristic public transit system by simply stepping into their parked cars.
Academic publishers have some of the highest profit margins in the world. In the digital age, researchers are starting to wonder whether publishers actually deserve this much money.
Images revealing the power of Hurricane Florence enthrall us and terrify us at the same time.
Although initial contact with outsiders is stressful, over time we figure out how to fit them into our lives.
A new study shows that the worse off you think you are, the more likely you are to choose the steak over the garden salad.
Every physical theory has constants in it. The gravitational constant is remarkably uncertain. When we first began formulating physical laws, we did so empirically: through experiments. Drop a ball off […]
For sufferers of Alzheimer’s, the answer is yes. But replacing movement with a pill is not the best option.
Apple unveiled the new Apple Watch Series 4 and three new iPhones during their keynote event on Wednesday, and they are chock-full of goodies.
In a new book co-authored with Avis Lang, Neil deGrasse Tyson explores the morally complicated, symbiotic relationship between science and the military.
A new computer model suggests that the 21st century will have more frequent hurricanes of staggering force.