Have any of the stars we can see burned themselves out completely? When we look out across the Universe, we’re also peering back in time. In the early 21st-century, we’ve […]
All Articles
The major temples seem much more interesting than what also appears on the landscape: apparently random mounds of earth.
Christians and Muslims that pick out unconscious patterns are more likely to believe in a god.
Why a survey claims Boomers demonstrate more knowledge and safer behavior.
New prototype Petri dishes let ordinary scientists in on the advanced technology.
Rocks from two hundred million years ago show us how everything died and how nothing is new.
Black holes are the darkest objects of all. But are they made of dark matter? When it comes to the Universe, few objects are more compelling, fascinating, or extreme than black […]
Symptoms of mental illness in children are often dismissed as “going through a phase.”
An active component of honeybee venom rapidly killed two particularly aggressive forms of breast cancer in a laboratory study.
The neurodevelopmental disorder has long baffled researchers.
The images were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and show how prolific coronavirus can become in a mere four days.
Can we affirm everything in life, the beauty and the suffering? Nietzsche says yes.
When two black holes that shouldn’t exist are seen merging, physics has some explaining to do. After years of searching for gravitational waves, it finally happened: LIGO bagged the biggest one […]
Targeting a signaling pathway in mice helped them retain muscle and bone mass aboard the International Space Station, according to a new study.
A new study bases its calculations on more than the great white shark.
Two Williams pioneered geological mapping in Britain and the United States – but the world only remembers one.
Another study confirms the positive effects of psychedelics on mental health.
In 2006, the IAU demoted Pluto. Here’s what we know today. In 2006, the last planet in our Solar System suffered an unforgettable insult, as Pluto — known for generations as our ninth […]
A philosopher’s guide to detecting nonsense and getting around it.
Acorn woodpecker battles over prized territory are serious business.
You actually score worse on memory tests.
Less than 1% of all venture capital funding in the US is given to Black entrepreneurs. Now is the time for that to change.
Estonia has combined a belief in learning with equal-access technology to create one of world’s best education systems.
Is indulging in erotic content good or bad for your sex life?
Forgetting them, at any step, can lead to unscientific conclusions. No one, not even the smartest among us, were competent scientists from the outset. The concept of science is simple […]
The drive would provide enough thrust for a spacecraft to travel near the speed of light using only electricity, says physicist Jim Woodward.
It’s the largest black hole merger ever observed by scientists.
A new study used artificial intelligence to analyze relationship data from thousands of couples.
The view is different for each of us, but this perspective unites us all. From anywhere on Earth, the entire sky rotates a full 360° every 24 hours. From Earth, star […]
Six in 10 people say poor mental health impacts their concentration at work.