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If you photograph the Sun at the same time every day, you get a bizarre figure-8 shape: an analemma. Here’s why. At any time of day, you could theoretically set up […]
The new charge was announced in a tweet by the city’s mayor.
A new study has identified specific genes that seem to play an integral part in characterizing the behavior of dog breeds.
How could we create a technology capable of replacing our own reality?
The study suggest implicit biases can change significantly over a relatively short timeframe.
How you feel influences what you watch, and vice-versa.
How mutual admiration was torn asunder by the sex drive: Freud, Jung and the schism at the heart of psychoanalysis.
Swipe right to make the connections that could change your career.
Carl Sagan—who first coined the term—was tempted to call them “star-tar.”
The Israeli historian has plenty to say.
You can become a tree or even the soil supporting it.
While nothing is ever certain about the future, here are 10 great achievements you can bet on. Every year, unexpected scientific discoveries challenge what we know. Observations using the Atacama Large […]
The sharp drop-off in world trade growth is a major risk in the coming year.
That disastrous rock may now looks to have been a Beta Taurid passenger
Japan looks to replace China as the primary source of critical metals
When two black holes merge together, about 5% of their mass gets lost. Where does that information go? Do merging black holes lose information? They absolutely must, according to General […]
Patients with lung disease could find relief by breathing in messenger RNA molecules.
Sometimes, the biggest answers to the deepest questions come in the most unexpected of places. In the Solar System, anything out past Neptune is generally considered to be the outer reaches […]
Einstein’s God is infinitely superior but impersonal and intangible, subtle but not malicious. He is also firmly determinist.
None of these steps are quick or easy, but practice and online courses can help.
It’s the first time humans have landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon.
The first steps toward developing tools that could help disabled people regain the power to speak.
In theory, we could use high-energy lasers to make our own artificial black holes, potentially capturing the enormous energy they emit.
Recipe for awe: Coat one egg with Starlite. Blast it with a ridiculous amount of heat until charred black. Crack it open.
The secret to a calmer trip to work could be hidden in plain sight.
Turns out the more we desire a food, the more we have to consume to feel satiated.
Dark matter is one of the most puzzling, unintuitive concepts in all of physics. But we still need it. Our Universe isn’t like us. While we’re made of atoms, and other […]