The laws of physics obey certain symmetries and defy others. It’s theoretically tempting to add new ones, but reality doesn’t agree.
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The threats Mars astronauts face — and how NASA is working to solve them.
Philosophers Massimo Pigliucci and Greg Lopez discuss how Stoicism can help us gain perspective on our emotions and act with intention in the world.
A series of recent studies found that people with healthy levels of vitamin D were less likely to contract COVID-19 and suffer severe complications from it.
Scientists created the mineral lonsdaleite in a lab and tested its strength using sound waves — before it was obliterated.
It could evolve, strengthen, decay, or not be alone. Our known Universe contains matter, radiation, and dark energy. While matter (both normal and dark) and radiation become less dense as […]
This article was originally published on our sister site, Freethink. Fifteen volunteers in France just spent more than a month living in a cave — without any way to tell time — […]
“I am an anthropologist, and for years, I have spoken to people who have had these experiences.”
Skepticism is appropriate when gazing into the futurist’s crystal ball.
The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this share.
Going door-to-door on All Hallows Eve to beg for ‘soul cakes’?
The most common element in the Universe, vital for forming new stars, is hydrogen. But there’s a finite amount of it; what if we run out?
Shoving platelet-rich plasma up your nose might restore your sense of smell after COVID. But whether it actually works still needs to be sniffed out.
The psychology of alien contact largely revolves around the concept of “otherness.” We need to learn to be comfortable around strange things.
“This will be one of the most important datasets since the mapping of the Human Genome.”
Magnetic monopoles began as a mere theoretical curiosity. They might hold the key to understanding so much more.
Many people lived long enough to grow old in the olden days, too.
Every Christmas could be the last Christmas.
Lasers, mirrors, and computational advances can all work together to push ground-based astronomy past the limits of our atmosphere.
From boosting empathy to improving therapy, virtual reality is poised to change our ideas of the self.
Long before tobacco arrived from the Americas, ancient civilizations in the Old World were getting high off hemp smoke and opium.
Gods and angels have been replaced with hi-tech extraterrestrials.
Altos Labs, a new biotech firm with $3 billion in funding, has announced plans to combat aging. But what does that mean for human life span, exactly?
As viewed by the MeerKAT telescope, this radio view of the Milky Way blows away every other way we’ve ever seen our home galaxy.
Being bilingual benefits children as they learn to speak — and adults as they age.
In all mammals, there are two brain pathways for processing information from the eyes: an evolutionarily ancient one and a more modern one.
The densest objects that haven’t collapsed to black holes can tell us information about the Universe unlike anything else. Swarming through our own galaxy, we’ve detected quite a few bizarre objects: […]
Nietzsche both wished he was as stupid as a cow so he wouldn’t have to contemplate existence, and pitied cows for being so stupid that they couldn’t contemplate existence.
The artifacts were often made from found objects – an Ivory dish-soap bottle transformed into an earthenware figure.
Why, exactly, should you die for your child?