At just 3 solar masses, it eliminates the “mass gap.” Searching for black holes is one of the most difficult astronomical games a scientist can play. Emitting no light of their […]
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Scientists put the most mysterious force in the Universe to the ultimate test. When it comes to the Universe, it’s easy to make the incorrect assumption that what we see is […]
The acceptance of death is deeply embedded in our culture; it’s time to overthrow that idea.
A well-known psychology trick called the “rubber hand illusion” could be useful for treating patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Mammals have a history stretching back 325 million years. To study that ancient history is to know our own origins.
Research suggests that emotional intelligence is more vital for success than IQ.
Metal really does sometimes stick to some people’s skin. Here’s the science of why. Every once in a while, a claim comes along that wildly challenges the mainstream scientific narrative. These […]
Many people out there, including scientists, claim to have discovered a series of game-changing revolutions. Here’s why we don’t buy it.
A volley of new insights reignites the debate over whether our choices are ever truly our own.
A cute mathematical trick can “rescale” the Universe so that it isn’t actually expanding. But can that “trick” survive all our cosmic tests?
Paintings played an important role in these ancient civilizations. Unfortunately, pigment is not nearly as durable as marble.
We confidently state that the Universe is known to be 13.8 billion years old, with an uncertainty of just 1%. Here’s how we know.
These ten maps provide a fascinating insight into the impact that soccer (sorry, football) has had worldwide.
The first world that humans should inhabit beyond the Earth is the Moon, not Mars. Here’s why terraforming our lunar neighbor is so appealing.
Graphical user interfaces are how most of us interact with computers, from iPhones to laptops. But they were once condemned as making students lazy and destroying the art of writing.
When you’re a genius, how do you make ends meet?
Mathematics and religion both embody awe-inspiring, eternal truths.
The smallest and faintest stars of all, even the failed stars that didn’t make it, are hiding some fascinating secrets. You might have thought that if we were going to […]
The brilliant mind who discovered the spacetime solution for rotating black holes claims singularities don’t physically exist. Is he right?
Even 13.8 billion years after the Big Bang, we can reconstruct the first 3 minutes. About 100 years ago, we began to truly understand the nature of the Universe for the […]
You can learn an awful lot about people, culture, and politics by studying R.
Measuring a person’s movements and poses, smart clothes could be used for athletic training, rehabilitation, or health-monitoring.
“How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past?” Steinbeck writes.
How quickly is it expanding today, and how does that expansion rate change over time? What is the Universe made of? How quickly is it expanding today, and how does that […]
It isn’t just identical particles that can be entangled, but even those with fundamentally different properties interfere with each other.
It turns out, letting your partner know you appreciate them leads to a stronger relationship. Who’d have thunk?
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If we succeed in contacting them, will that seal humanity’s doom? One of the most wondrous questions of all concerns our place in the Universe. After 13.8 billion years of […]
In terms of the planets we’ve discovered, super-Earths are by far the most common. What does that mean for the Universe?
“I was part of the surgical team that conducted the first pig-to-human heart transplant in a living patient.”