And why, even at its faintest, it always outshines every other star and planet. If you’ve been looking to the west after sunset recently, you may have noticed that there’s one […]
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The strongest tests of curved space are only possible around the lowest-mass black holes of all. One of the most mind-bending concepts about the Universe itself is that gravity isn’t due […]
The sacrifices of early astronauts paved the way for Apollo’s successes, and so much more. In all of history, only 24 humans have ever escaped Earth’s gravity. The very first launch […]
There’s a fortune to be made in data and silicon, and everyone is out for their share. Artificial intelligence is this century’s gold rush. Its promises scintillate in them there […]
Seawater is raising salt levels in coastal woodlands along the entire Atlantic Coastal Plain, from Maine to Florida.
A clever new design introduces a way to image the vast ocean floor.
Successful constructive criticism is as much about mindset as methods.
A recent study showed that monkeys can make logical choices when given an A or B scenario.
Smallpox was nothing new in 1721.
Exceptionally high-quality videos allow scientists to formally introduce a remarkable new comb jelly.
On the largest scales, galaxies don’t simply clump together, but form superclusters. Too bad they don’t remain bound together.
At 35 light-years away, it’s also the 2nd coolest, 2nd widest planet ever found. Despite discovering more than 4000 exoplanets, most remain obscure. Although more than 4,000 confirmed exoplanets are known, […]
Boston Dynamics’ notorious robot goes on an interplanetary mission.
One woman’s viral roadmap from fear to learning to growth.
Three decades after the demise of the GDR, its familiar contours keep coming back from the dead.
The Chumash people poked bits of psychoactive plants into cave ceilings next to their paintings.
It’s fundamentally different from space. Here’s how. Here’s a question that most of us have been asked at some point in our lives, “what’s the shortest distance between two points?” By […]
Previous research suggesting it’s all about prolactin may be missing the mark.
Scientists should be cautious when expressing an opinion based on little more than speculation.
If a large asteroid strikes Earth, it has the potential to release an enormous amount of energy, leading to local or even global catastrophes. The strike that led to the […]
Numerous U.S. Presidents invoked the Insurrection Act to to quell race and labor riots.
The Universe is dark, but the distorted light reveals its presence. When we look at the objects in the Universe, the mass just doesn’t add up. A galaxy that was […]
Artifacts uncovered in southeast Asia offer clues on early complex human cultures.
We’re cautiously optimistic about our new findings.
50% of stars are in Sun-like ‘singlet’ systems. The planetary nebulae we see just don’t line up. Around 7 billion years from now, our Sun’s life will end. As the Sun […]
And what might we learn as we collect new, never-before-seen data? If you took one of history’s top scientists from 100 years ago and dropped them into today’s world, what […]
The night sky is already noticeably different, and bigger changes are ahead. For all of human history until the launch of Sputnik, the only objects in the night sky were naturally […]
Physicists create quantum entanglement, making two distant objects behave as one.
We are tearing ourselves apart over gender issues, with the result that the problems of boys and men are left untreated.
A new observational study finds that red wine and cheese have protective effects.