Faraday’s law of induction was set forth in 1834, and was the experiment that led Einstein to discover relativity. When we think about Einstein and the theory of relativity, all […]
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Depending on how you measure it, there are two different answers that could be right. If you want to see what’s out there in the Universe, you first have to be […]
The whole should equal the sum of its parts, but doesn’t. Here’s why. The whole is equal to the sum of its constituent parts. That’s how everything works, from galaxies to […]
Try not to think about your hands. Now enjoy a few minutes of not being able to stop thinking about them.
We all have obstacles to overcome in pursuit of our goals. For Santa Claus, it’s clear that science is the key. Of all the challenges we face in our work, perhaps […]
Conspiracy theories about the event dating back to the 1970s are in fact more popular than ever.
The CEO once said a self-sustaining Mars colony won’t work if it’s wildly expensive for each person to make the voyage.
Altria Group Inc., maker of Marlboro cigarettes, said it’s taking a 45 percent stake in Cronos Group, a major Canadian medical and recreational marijuana provider.
A new genetically-modified pothos ivy plant is exceptionally skilled at removing dangerous pollutants, such as benzene and chloroform, from the surrounding air.
Finding the Higgs boson, gravitational waves, and imaging a black hole’s event horizon were huge. There’s even more to the story. From a scientific point of view, the 2010s have been […]
“I should be as happy as I’m ever going to be right now, but I’m not. Is this it?”
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A recent study used MRIs to study the changes in brain activity when trained method actors responded to questions in and out of character.
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Zizek is on the left and dislikes political correctness. How does that work out?
Before we formed stars, atoms, elements, or even got rid of our antimatter, the Big Bang made neutrinos. And we found them. The idea of the Big Bang has captivated the […]
An elegant, 400-year-old means of navigating the stars takes flight.
It’s not what you have, it’s what you do with it.
Lovers deadlier than gangsters, first comprehensive Danish homicide study since 1970s shows
The answer is surprisingly simple, if cataclysmic.
China’s Chang’e 4 biosphere experiment marks a first for humankind.
It was so well-motivated and compelling. But the particles never appeared. Every so often, an idea comes along in theoretical physics that’s undeniably profound. When a single idea can solve […]
The hot Big Bang occurred 13.8 billion years ago, and there’s no other possible answer consistent with what we know today. Conceptually, it might seem like the simplest idea in existence […]
Feel like traveling to another dimension? Better choose your black hole wisely.
A new book on the music distribution service claims it is.
The true course of progress is not only charted by great men and women, but also by ordinary people having conversations.
Creating more neural circuits through visual landmarking not only benefits your spatial orientation, it could keep Alzheimer’s disease at bay.
The brains of two genetically edited babies born last year in China might have enhanced memory and cognition, but that doesn’t mean the scientific community is pleased.