Hawking radiation should really be happening, but black holes are farther from decaying than ever before. Black holes are, in many ways, the most extreme objects that will ever exist in […]
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Researchers observed “inter-brain coherence” (IBC) — a synchronisation in brain activity — between a musician and the audience.
Understanding the math behind social distancing.
Sometimes the best way to make changes is when you’re in the middle of a challenging time.
New research on ankle exoskeletons show promising results.
It’s not just for Earth-like planets around Sun-like stars. Not even close. Shortly after Earth first formed first formed, life quickly took hold, thriving ever since. Both reflected sunlight on a […]
This video game designer’s creations have been said to work “neurological magic.”
Americans consume the most toilet paper in the world but it’s a very wasteful product to manufacture, according to the numbers.
New study of gamma rays and gravitational lensing points to the possible presence of dark matter.
It isn’t just that mass and energy are equivalent and interchangeable. It tells us something fundamental about mass itself. Of all the equations that we use to describe the Universe, perhaps […]
Playing and being creative shouldn’t stop when you grow up.
Amid the panic of the COVID-19 pandemic, are we building the surveillance states of tomorrow?
Astronomers find these five chapters to be a handy way of conceiving the universe’s incredibly long lifespan.
A year ago, a puzzling gap existed between black holes and neutron stars. With nearly a year of new data, LIGO solves the puzzle. On Monday, March 16, 2020, astrophysicist Carl […]
From a personal point of view and from an economic point of view, this is nothing short of potentially disastrous for people’s livelihoods.
In such states of creative divergent thinking, the body is aroused and the pupils become dilated.
An inside look at common relationship problems that link to how we were raised.
Coke, meth, ecstasy, amphetamines: each drug has a different ‘capital’
Need to isolate? No problem! This philosopher is keeping the world posted on his isolation routine by Facebook.
The pandemic is exposing long-fractured aspects of our society.
We’ve never found eight stars bound together in the same stable system. But nature might make it so. The Universe that we have is often more wondrous and bizarre than even […]
Study shows ripples across a newly fertilized egg are similar to ocean and atmospheric circulations.
Flattening the curve on panic and disinformation.
Medical researchers put a ring on it to learn more about the onset of COVID-19.
Today, our observable Universe extends for 46 billion light-years in all directions. But early on, things were much smaller. There are few things we can conceive of that are as mind-bogglingly […]
Economics professor Stephen M. Miller shares his insights in this exclusive interview.
What symptoms to watch for, how to get tested, what to do if you’re sick, and when to go to the doctor.
Facing a shortage of medical resources, doctors in the U.S. may have to make difficult moral decisions over how to allocate care.
A new study shows the benefits of calorie restriction. Never has such advice been more needed.