Deniers will never stop misleading others. Here’s the truth. Every so often, advocates of a fringe theory — one that doesn’t fit the evidence as well as the mainstream theory — do what they can […]
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Scientists discover burrows of giant predator worms that lived on the seafloor 20 million years ago.
Forget billions and billions. When it comes to the number of galaxies in the Universe, both theorists’ and observers’ estimates are too low.
Scientists regenerate damaged spinal cord nerve fibers with designer protein, helping paralyzed mice walk again.
The system is basically facial recognition technology, but for cars.
One of the fundamental questions for those studying and advocating progress is around understanding what variables can move the needle for the type of progress that you might want to see in the world. It’s a key focus of the “progress studies” discipline and a question that has received increased attention from academics and public intellectuals in recent years.
After decades of development, whether NASA’s Webb succeeds or fails all comes down to five critical milestones that are only days away.
Is there any good reason for assigning North and South the way we do, or could we have just as easily done the reverse?
While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.
For the past 150+ years, the big ones have all missed us. But at some point, our good luck will run out.
Researchers were even able store and read a 767-kilobit full-color short movie file in the fabric.
How close are we to human teleportation? Successes in quantum teleportation experiments abound.
We used to think the Big Bang meant the universe began from a singularity. Nearly 100 years later, we’re not so sure.
One of the best-known allegorical depictions of love has a rather pessimistic male twin.
Sound waves behave quite differently on Mars than on Earth.
How does philosophy try to balance having free will with living in a deterministic universe?
Virtual reality continues to blur the line between the physical and the digital, and it will change our lives forever.
A new study provides a possible scientific explanation for the existence of stories about ancient saints performing miracles with water.
Spirals, ellipticals, and irregulars are all more common than ring galaxies. At last, we know how these ultra-rare objects are made.
A theoretical physicist returns to Penrose and Hameroff’s theory of “quantum consciousness.”
New research reveals that because of an optical illusion, we’ve been viewing sperm incorrectly for nearly 350 years.
The Vertebrate Genomes Project may spell good news for the kakapo and the vaquita.
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago find that death triggers increased activity in certain brain cells.
A reversal in Earth’s magnetic field 42,000 years ago triggered climate catastrophes and mass extinctions. Can the field flip again?
If computers can beat us at chess, maybe they could beat us at math, too.
Often viewed as a theoretical, calculational tool only, the Lamb Shift proved their existence. If you spend enough time listening to theoretical physicists, it starts to sound like there are […]
How do you get usable phosphorus into a system? A new study suggests lightning can do the trick.
China’s dominance of the rare earth metal industry is part of its overall geopolitical strategy.
Move over, Tattooine, and instead feast your eyes on GW Orionis.
Researchers discover strange behavior in magnetars, ultra-powerful magnetic stars.