Movie soundtracks don’t just help us recall the plot of a film; they also allow us to better understand its meaning.
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Despite Betelgeuse’s recent faintening and brightening, I’d bet on these stars instead. Betelgeuse, a nearby red supergiant, will someday explode. The black hole at the center of the Milky Way should […]
No matter how accurately you place two Plinko chips, you cannot count on the same outcome twice. Of all the pricing games on the iconic television show The Price Is Right, […]
Here’s why you may want to opt-out of Amazon’s new shared network.
The new record-holder opens up a literal Universe full of possibilities. Someday, even our own Sun will eventually run out of hydrogen fuel in its core, bringing a tremendous set […]
The model is almost eight hours ahead of a doctor’s recognition of a patient’s deterioration.
We frequently say it’s 2.725 K: from the light left over all the way from the Big Bang. But that’s not all that’s in the Universe.
Brands manufacture meaning through consensus; people must strive to create their own.
We are likely to see the first humans walk on Mars this decade.
The photometric filters for the Vera Rubin Observatory are complete and showcase why they are indispensable for astronomy.
A new survey, the DESI Legacy Imaging Survey, has found more lenses than all others put together. One of Einstein’s most revolutionary predictions is that mass bends light. During a […]
“What am I missing?” is a question that journalist Mónica Guzmán thinks more people should start asking.
Many key inventions were unique: one-offs.
New chip eliminates the need for specific decoding hardware, boosting gaming systems, 5G networks, and more.
Dark matter has never been directly detected, but the astronomical evidence for its existence is overwhelming. Here’s what to know.
Enough mass in one location will always create a black hole. But not all masses are possible. If you take enough mass and compress it into a small enough volume […]
Journey to the West is rightly considered one of the most influential novels ever written, but the real reason for its success may be its charismatic poster-boy: The Monkey King.
When people pick the greatest scientist of all-time, Newton and Einstein always come up. Perhaps they should name Johannes Kepler, instead.
A tiny layer of microscopic dust is the only reason it appears red. When we look out at our planet Earth from space, we see a myriad of diverse colors. The […]
Known as primordial black holes, they could thoroughly change our Universe’s history. But the evidence is strongly against them.
Mastodons, rhinos, and even camels — all in the great state of California.
Remarkable ‘fan art’ commemorates 50th anniversary of legendary guitar player’s passing.
The definitive answer requires better, unbiased data. Despite all the advances that have occurred in human history, one extraordinary puzzle still remains right in our own backyard: we aren’t sure how […]
According to surveys, approximately half of artificial intelligence experts believe that general AI will emerge by 2060.
The prize went to three researchers who revolutionized the social sciences by taking advantage of natural experiments.
Most of us will never run a 4 minute mile. But on a bicycle, almost anyone can do it. As human beings, we often take for granted how our bodies work. […]
Scientists are using bioelectronic medicine to treat inflammatory diseases, an approach that capitalizes on the ancient “hardwiring” of the nervous system.
Discussions of human evolution are usually backward looking, as if the greatest triumphs and challenges were in the distant past.
The scientists, not the fossil fuel industry, were right all along. Back in 1990, the world’s top climate scientists convened to put together a report on the state of Earth’s climate. […]
Scientists successfully trained people to use robotic extra thumbs, suggesting body augmentation could revolutionize future humans.