The key to its success lies not in its understanding of technology, but in its understanding of human nature.
The farther away they get, the smaller distant galaxies look. But only up to a point, and beyond that, they appear larger again. Here’s how.
From a photon’s viewpoint, the Universe is timeless and dimensionless.
The truth is out there, but it’s probably not in the latest whistleblower’s report.
The Serenity Prayer is nice — until the missiles come raining down on your city.
The fear of deep bodies of water may be evolutionarily ingrained.
Whether you run the clock forward or backward, most of us expect the laws of physics to be the same. A 2012 experiment showed otherwise.
The multiverse pushes beyond the limits of the scientific method. From our vantage point in the Universe, we cannot know if it’s real.
Primatologist Frans de Waal inadvertently popularized the term “alpha male.” Now, he’s debunking common stereotypes to explain what an “alpha male” really is — empathetic and protective.
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The familiar terrain of solids, liquids, and gases gives way to the exotic realms of plasmas and degenerate matter.
In many ways, we are still novices playing with toy models seeking to understand the stars.
Despite the enormous mass of the Earth, simply depleting our groundwater is changing our axial tilt. Simple Newtonian physics explains why.
An insect? A vermin? An unwanted animal? What in the world is Franz Kafka talking about?
The idea that consciousness emerges naturally alongside intelligence could be an anthropocentric distortion.
To advance the gender-affirming healthcare of all those who transition, we must also understand the nature and causes of those who detransition.
“Human connection is as threatened by unhealthy peace as it is by unhealthy conflict.” —Priya Parker
In physics, we reduce things to their elementary, fundamental components, and build emergent things out of them. That’s not the full story.
“Domesticated viral genes” may not be domesticated as scientists thought.
Who — or what — really controls your mind?
More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature’s most unreliable narrators.
June 19, 2023
Carl Sagan famously said, “Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a Universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.” Our crossword today features the latest theories from top physicists about the Universe.
If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it’s a JWST image or any other observatory.
Embark on a journey through one of the most profound ecological transitions in the history of complex life.
And it seems to work alongside popular weight-loss medications, like Ozempic.
Pessimism reigned supreme.
In a far-reaching discovery with astrophysicist Karolina Garcia, we discuss what’s in the Universe and how it grew up.
A new online religion is spreading misinformation and phony products.
Cancer likes glucose. So take it away.