These enormous centipedes are straight out of science fiction.
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The base rate fallacy may help to explain low reproducibility in various fields of science.
Predatory dinosaurs with big skulls tend to have tiny arms. Researchers propose there might be a direct link between those traits.
Space weather poses a tremendous threat to all satellites, knocking all computer systems offline. Is that a recipe for Kessler syndrome?
We are traveling in a realm that once exclusively belonged to the gods. Space travel will force humanity to rethink everything.
The Vertebrate Genomes Project may spell good news for the kakapo and the vaquita.
Unmasking a “convenient untruth” in U.S. politics.
The bird demonstrates cutting-edge technology for devising self-folding nanoscale robots.
Since at least 600 BC, people have been mesmerized by the concept of the infinite.
One of the scariest films of the 1970s didn’t set out to be a horror film at all.
It’s common knowledge that syncing your circadian rhythm to a natural light-dark cycle could improve your health and well-being.
Pando is a stand of aspen in Utah that is 14,000 years old and weighs 12 million pounds. Humans threaten to end its long reign.
Human beings are descendants of these early tetrapods – at least those who made a new life on land.
They have held our fascination ever since we first identified their remains.
The danger posed by conversational AI isn’t that it can say weird or dark things; it’s personalized manipulation for nefarious purposes.
To do more, it sometimes pays to do nothing at all.
Digital nomads can fully immerse themselves in their surroundings while advancing their career and stimulating the local economy. But there is one potential downside.
From machines to animals, there are many kinds of possible minds.
If there are human-sized creatures walking around on other planets, would we be able to view them directly?
Three out of four Russians accused of witchcraft were men.
Research shows that octopuses are sentient, emotional creatures.
On November 25, U.N. members will meet in South Korea to cap off a series of meetings aiming to reduce global plastic pollution.
Bloodcurdling war cries, shrieking elephants, and whistling arrows all made soldiers flee in terror.
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.
Besides offering an incredibly cool way to get stuff into space, SpinLaunch promises to reduce the cost of a launch by 20-fold.
Until recently, video games were accused of killing brain cells. Now, researchers are trying to understand how they help players get smarter.
Da Vinci dreamed up a helicopter 400 years before they actually existed. Now, engineers have brought his design to life, but with a twist.
By studying the oldest animals, researchers hope to pinpoint factors affecting human longevity.