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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.
Science is an ongoing flirtation with the unknown.
Quantum entanglement may remain spooky, but it has a very practical side.
Don't let a crisis be wasted. Use this moment to find meaning, purpose, and to refocus on self-care that will improve your mindset and relationships.
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The Big Bang was hot, dense, uniform, and filled with matter and energy. Before that? There was nothing. Here's how that's possible.
Zircons in a Martian meteorite widens the possible timeframe for life on Mars.
How we handle grief largely depends on our worldview. Here is how three famous philosophers handled the certainty of grief and despair.
The Netflix show about a Birmingham crime family and their personal demons concluded earlier this month.
Researchers discover how to use light instead of electricity to advance artificial intelligence.
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?
The National Ignition Facility just repeated, and improved upon, their earlier demonstration of nuclear fusion. Now, the true race begins.
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.
From forecasting stock prices to diagnosing disease, Swarm AI enables better group decisions.
In all mammals, there are two brain pathways for processing information from the eyes: an evolutionarily ancient one and a more modern one.
Thought expriments are great tools, but do they always do what we want them to?
This technological feat changes our cosmic history.
If love is an addiction, your first love is the first dose.
Research shows that those who spend more time speaking tend to emerge as the leaders of groups, regardless of their intelligence.
A new study bases its calculations on more than the great white shark.
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 […]
If there are three neutrino species, all with different masses, then how is energy conserved when they oscillate from one flavor to another?
Try this: It’s about 10 times the number of cups of water in all the oceans of Earth.
There will always be "wolf-criers" whose claims wither under scrutiny. But aliens are certainly out there, if science dares to find them.
Empty, intergalactic space is just 2.725 K: not even three degrees above absolute zero. But the Boomerang Nebula is even colder.
The crisis of the Anthropocene challenges our traditional narratives and myths about humanity's place in the world. Citizen science can help.
What does it mean to "lead without authority"?
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Where did the “seed” magnetic field come from in the first place?
No. But Buddhism and quantum mechanics have much to teach each other.