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Empty space itself, the quantum vacuum, could be in either a true, stable state or a false, unstable state. Our fate depends on the answer.
The Big Bang was hot, dense, uniform, and filled with matter and energy. Before that? There was nothing. Here's how that's possible.
The majority of the matter in our Universe isn't made of any of the particles in the Standard Model. Could the axion save the day?
Every time our Universe cools below a critical threshold, we fall out of equilibrium. That's the best thing that ever happened to us.
With LEDs bringing brighter nighttime lighting than ever before, and thousands of new satellites polluting the skies, astronomy needs help.
In our Universe, all stable atomic nuclei have protons in them; there's no stable "neutronium" at all. But what's the reason why?
From forecasting stock prices to diagnosing disease, Swarm AI enables better group decisions.
Quantum entanglement may remain spooky, but it has a very practical side.
One hypothesis: "gossip traps."
Think of the nicest person you know. The person who would fit into any group configuration, who no one can dislike, or who makes a room warmer and happier just […]
Research shows that those who spend more time speaking tend to emerge as the leaders of groups, regardless of their intelligence.
The Netflix show about a Birmingham crime family and their personal demons concluded earlier this month.
No. But Buddhism and quantum mechanics have much to teach each other.
In all of science, no figures have changed the world more than Einstein and Newton. Will anyone ever be as revolutionary again?
If everyone just showed up to their appointments, $150 billion of waste could be averted.
If love is an addiction, your first love is the first dose.
Try this: It’s about 10 times the number of cups of water in all the oceans of Earth.
Crows have their own version of the human cerebral cortex.
One bill hopes to repeal the crime of selling sex and expand social services; the other would legalize the entire sex trade.
AI looks like a natural and inevitable fit for business coaching — but some humans are wary. Here are the pros and cons.
Democritus also did not believe in free will but was still known as the "laughing philosopher."
This technological feat changes our cosmic history.
Our ancestral cousins far more intelligent than we credit them for, and they did things most of us cannot.
Scientific pluralism is the notion that some questions must be approached from many angles. How can we integrate these scientific models?
Unless you plan to try again in 6,800 years, this week is your shot.
Empty, intergalactic space is just 2.725 K: not even three degrees above absolute zero. But the Boomerang Nebula is even colder.
The mediocrity principle is often used to make claims about the abundance of life across the universe, but these claims are likely unfounded.