And the one step we can take to show extraterrestrials we’re figuring it out. Every year, Earth’s meteor showers accomplish two important tasks. This composite photograph shows a large number of […]
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Hundreds of these cannabis-related chemicals now exist, both natural and synthetic, inspiring researchers in search of medical breakthroughs.
There are a few clues that the Universe isn’t completely adding up. Even so, the standard model of cosmology holds up stronger than ever.
It peaks the nights of August 11–13, but it’s no longer the year’s most reliable meteor shower. Every year, beginning in mid-July, planet Earth commences passing through an enormous debris […]
Most people care what others think of them. In many situations, that can be leveraged for the common good.
Did the Milky Way form by slowly accreting matter or by devouring its neighboring galaxies? At last, we’re uncovering our own history.
Two types of nanotechnology, metalenses and metamaterials, could soon make Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak a reality.
From up close, the cracking sound of a thunderclap dominates. From far away, it’s more like a drawn-out rumble. Can science explain why?
We know it couldn’t have began from a singularity. So how small could it have been at the absolute minimum?
From high school through the professional ranks, physicists never tire of Newton’s second law.
When we started imaging the Universe with Hubble, every star had four “spikes” coming from it. Here’s why Webb will have more.
The tiny swimmers appear to transmit signals that “persuade” the female body to have a baby.
Innovative thinking has done away with problems that long dogged the electric devices — and both scientists and environmentalists are excited about the possibilities.
After mammoth investments and two decades of anti-aging research, what do immortality proponents have to show for it?
The key? A computational flattening algorithm.
Some constants, like the speed of light, exist with no underlying explanation. How many “fundamental constants” does our Universe require?
This storm rained electrons, shifted energy from the sun’s rays to the magnetosphere, and went unnoticed for a long time.
Life arose on Earth very early on. After a few billion years, here we are: intelligent and technologically advanced. Where’s everyone else?
Einstein’s laws of gravity have been challenged many times, but have always emerged victorious. Could wide binary stars change all that?
Elevated blood pressure, even within the normal range, is associated with accelerated brain aging.
The image you’re seeing isn’t a hole in the Universe, and the cosmic voids that do exist aren’t hole-like at all.
In the early 20th century, a young biochemist named Alexander Oparin set out to connect “the world of the living” to “the world of the dead.”
As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “If you want to test a man’s character, give him power and a plate of cookies.” (Something like that.)
From wearable electronics to microscopic sensors to telemedicine, new advances like graphene and supercapacitors are bringing “impossible” electronics to life.
Just a small gesture or a thoughtful comment can often alter a situation, or people’s perceptions of it, in ways that relieve tensions and make them feel appreciated and included.
The Industrial Revolution changed music forever, thanks to a combination of technological advances and clever entrepreneurs.
“Politics is weird. It’s the only business in the world in which you take a really, really important position, and you give it to someone with no qualifications.” —Tony Blair
If the metaverse is money, then companies will certainly want to play, too.
Wealth concentration among elites was common in ancient nations, but the scale on which it took place in Egypt’s 18th Dynasty was unprecedented.