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Black holes aren’t just the densest masses in the Universe, but they also spin the fastest of all massive objects. Here’s why it must be so.
To be successful at bonsai cultivation, you must acquire the perseverance and unconditional kindness normally reserved for devout monks.
On the morning of June 30, 1908, an explosion of more than 10 megatons occurred above the sparsely populated Siberian Taiga. What caused the so-called Tunguska event?
The Industrial Revolution changed music forever, thanks to a combination of technological advances and clever entrepreneurs.
Turning away is a natural response.
Our concept of “failure” is way too narrow.
In our common experience, you can’t get something for nothing. In the quantum realm, something really can emerge from nothing.
From Ramses II to Alexander the Great, these leaders helped shaped the world we know today.
Why, exactly, don’t you trust that person’s opinion?
The “first-of-its-kind” archeological find is being reburied despite the fact that researchers haven’t finished studying it.
Sex can be a death trap even for modern toad and frog species.
Anything, good or bad, about Henry Ford can be contradicted — except his ambition and his work.
The first set of James Webb’s images blew us all away. In just 2 mere months, it’s seen highlights that no one could have predicted.
Only have sex with a person you love — a novel concept!
Time will tell what the reign of Charles III will look like, but one thing is for sure: the “new Elizabethan age” is long gone.
The spray uses snippets of DNA to gum up virus replication.
As recently as 1990, we didn’t know of any planets beyond our Solar System. Today, with 5000+, we’re deep into the weeds of how they form.
One tiny change might have made a huge difference.
Queen Elizabeth II has died. How is this loss different from that of a loved one?
Following the advent of human space flight, NASA began naming missions after children of Zeus.
Each of us carries our own version of the Multiverse in our heads.
Who should be compensated?
Living at a higher elevation is a double-edged sword.
At a fundamental level, only a few particles and forces govern all of reality. How do their combinations create human consciousness?
One book will gather all topics on the search for life in the Cosmos.
Kublai Khan wasn’t the first ruler in history to issue paper money, but his Yuan dynasty did take unprecedented action to ensure this revolutionary form of currency retained its value.