2023’s Nobel Prize was awarded for studying physics on tiny, attosecond-level timescales. Too bad that particle physics happens even faster.
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At first blush, the damages done by sexual harassment seem obvious. Make that incredibly obvious. Such behavior exposes our organizations to legal consequences and the subsequent financial fallout. And in […]
Inspired by the group behaviors of simple animals, a team of roboticists has developed a new way for swarm robots to maneuver on land.
We are prone to false memories. One reason is that we are biased toward remembering tidy endings for events, even if they didn’t exist.
Most people care what others think of them. In many situations, that can be leveraged for the common good.
Philosophy can focus on some dull topics. Luckily, some thinkers have spent lots of time on the philosophy of sex
A textbook pregnancy consists of three trimesters. The baby develops at a relatively predictable rate during this time, from pomegranate seed to avocado to watermelon. And mom’s body adapts accordingly […]
Certain companies feel magical. Though the spells they cast may be unique, each emits an aura that delights customers, attracts top talent, and impels the culture to pay attention. Apple […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) has already changed the world. AI algorithms have been incorporated into everyday applications—such as social media, web mapping, facial recognition, and virtual home assistants—to make them more […]
Our huge, expanding Universe may truly be infinite. But if the set of possible quantum outcomes is also infinite, which “infinity” wins?
The attitude we take to Will Smith’s slap will mirror our attitudes to violence, masculinity, and protecting others more generally.
Britain is profiling the genes, health and lifestyles of its citizens and handing the results to scientists across the world.
In recent years, women have made incredible strides in the business world. Forty-one women currently lead Fortune 500 companies. While that remains an unacceptably low percentage (8 percent) overall, it […]
In Sun-like stars, hydrogen gets fused into helium. In the Big Bang, hydrogen fusion also makes helium. But they aren’t close to the same.
Psychedelics have been shown to help reduce depression. This study may show us why.
From unexplained tracks in a balloon-borne experiment to cosmic rays on Earth, the unstable muon was particle physics’ biggest surprise.
When the average person has a “theory,” they’re just guessing. But for a scientist, a theory is the pinnacle of what we can achieve.
Anti-human business practices deteriorate their charges, and there’s perhaps no greater warning of this end result than the life of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel. Nobel invented dynamite in 1867 with […]
Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West explains the science behind a unique hypothesis.
A marine reptile fossil from Svalbard challenges ideas about evolution and Earth’s greatest mass extinction.
Personality is not set in stone. If you don’t like some aspect of it, you can work to change it — “fake it till you make it.”
A philosophy of birth can offset the prevailing narrative around extinction and mortality.
These prices are too good to pass up on.
Particles are everywhere, including particles from space that stream through the human body. Here’s how they prove Einstein’s relativity.
Day trading has the potential to yield incredible profits, but without a time machine, you’re unlikely to achieve them.
Billions of years ago, the ever-increasing entropy must’ve been much lower: the past hypothesis. Here’s how cosmic inflation solves it.
Our bodies crave more food if we haven’t had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle.
Scientists agree that eons ago, a bacterium took up residence inside another cell and became its powerhouse, the mitochondrion. But there are competing theories about the birth of other organelles such as the nucleus and endoplasmic reticulum.
It’s possible to measure philosophy’s progress in two ways. But is that really the point?
Next time you listen to scary campfire stories, sit with a friend who has aphantasia.