We only detected our very first gravitational wave in 2015. Over the next two decades, we’ll have thousands more.
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In paint form, the world’s “whitest white” reflects so much light that surfaces become cooler than the surrounding air.
In a nod to its addictive qualities, it was first dubbed “Some More.”
When it comes to vetting people for friendship, body odor seems to be a decisive factor.
Long before Christopher and Magellan, ancient explorers voyaged into the unknown and brought home extraordinary tales.
We knew we’d find galaxies unlike any seen before in its first deep-field image. But the other images hold secrets even more profound.
The surface of asteroid Bennu is more like a plastic ball pit than the Moon.
Explore the key highlights from the UN’s latest release of its world population estimates.
The zebras were originally part of a newspaper tycoon’s private zoo. Now they roam the San Simeon grasslands, growing in numbers.
It could permanently lower cholesterol — and permanently reduce your risk of having a heart attack.
While Y chromosome loss was first observed in 1963, it was not until 2014 that researchers found the link to a shorter life span.
If Rome was not built in a day, why do you think you can be?
Just as there are many types of believers, there’s not only one type of atheist.
The emergence of life in the universe is as certain as the emergence of matter, gravity, and the stars. Life is the universe developing a memory, and our chemical detection system could find it.
Evolutionary psychology could explain those otherworldly feelings.
There are two conceptions of free will: “straight” and “mixed.”
Long thought incapable of regenerating, we now know that brain cells can grow and reorganize. That, it turns out, is a mixed blessing.
There are so many problems, all across planet Earth, that harm and threaten humanity. Why invest in researching the Universe?
Your subjective experience might not end the moment your heart stops, research on near-death experiences suggests.
Lasers are all around you. This ubiquitous technology came from our understanding of quantum physics.
When you imitate the speech of others, there’s a thin line between whether it’s a social asset or faux pas.
A new study shows that political partisans are more likely to remember things that didn’t happen — as long as it fits their narrative.
A new bridge joins a divided Croatia, but it cuts Bosnia out of Europe — literally and figuratively. A bridge meant to unite also divides.
Ever since the start of the hot Big Bang, time ticks forward as the Universe expands. But could time ever run backward, instead?
Searching for dark matter, the XENON collaboration found absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. Here’s why that’s an extraordinary feat.
A second Enlightenment would have a far bigger task: Saving civilization itself.
A skills gap analysis can help an organization prepare for change and become well-equipped to thrive in the future.
“The surface is no longer a record of every impact the moon has ever had, because at some point, impacts were erasing previous impacts.”
Proponents of transhumanism make big promises, such as a future in which we upload our minds into a supercomputer. But there is a fatal flaw in this argument: reductionism.
Patients with amygdala damage rejected the widely accepted answer to the infamous “trolley problem,” saying that it “hurts too much.”