Surprising as it may seem, we are all very good at denial. Negation, however, is a different phenomena.
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And, at some point, did the Milky Way lose ours? There are some 400 billion objects flying through the Milky Way galaxy with enough mass that — if they were all made of […]
It occurred naturally, and scientists know this for certain. Starting in late 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, began infecting human beings for the very first time. Discovered in samples […]
The Metaverse could be the most dangerous tool of persuasion humanity has ever created.
Jains believe that karma weighs the soul down. This can be overcome through extreme asceticism, in which one slowly withdraws from life.
We’ve found our first ones! The question is: how did they survive? Over the past 2 years, an exciting development has finally arisen: scientists have measured a large number of small, […]
Political partisanship might be a treatable condition.
If you think you know how an astronomical nova works, buckle up. You’re in for a ride like you never expected.
Let noted cognitive psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker introduce you to psychology.
Is there actually anything deserving of the term AI?
If dark matter exists in a large halo in our galaxy, made up of particles, then it’s passing through us constantly. But how much?
That’s as fast as a bullet train in Japan.
When three wise men gifted baby Jesus with gold, frankincense, and myrrh, they had no idea one was made from colliding neutron stars.
Researchers speculate the famous monument was one of the world’s first solar calendars, possibly inspired by trade with ancient Egyptians.
Vaccines can be grown in and extracted from the leaves of plants.
Alzheimer’s has proved difficult to treat. But solving the mystery of this ultra-rare frontotemporal dementia may unlock new understanding.
It might have been Einstein’s greatest blunder, but it’s our leading theory today. One of the most mysterious components in the entire Universe is dark energy, which — if we’re being honest with […]
Quantum physics isn’t quite magic, but it requires an entirely novel set of rules to make sense of the quantum universe.
If you can’t surpass it in a vacuum, try doing so in a medium instead. In our Universe, there are a few rules that everything must obey. Energy, momentum, and angular […]
There’s still hope for implicit bias training, research shows.
Bolsheviks planned to erect a towering monument to the socialist cause, but their quixotic ideas never got off the ground.
We’re still not sure what the ultimate question is. Here are 5 excellent candidates. One of the most amusing stories in all of science fiction is Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s […]
A new study looks at how images of coffee’s origins affect the perception of its premiumness and quality.
And if it does strike us, how much damage will it cause? Will near-Earth asteroid Apophis strike us in 2068? Generically, asteroids under ~1 km in size are irregularly shaped, will […]
It’s how successful our current theories are. Some 500 years ago, there was one scientific phenomenon that was, without controversy, extremely well-understood: the motion of the celestial objects in the sky. […]
Frank Lloyd Wright captured serenity in his masterpiece, Fallingwater, but his egotistical tendencies made life for others anything but serene.
The majority of the matter in our Universe isn’t made of any of the particles in the Standard Model. Could the axion save the day?
Even at its faintest, Venus always outshines every other star and planet that’s visible from Earth, and then some!
After more than two decades of precision measurements, we’ve now reached the “gold standard” for how the pieces don’t fit.
Discovered in 1900, the Saint-Bélec slab languished unrecognized in a castle basement for over a century.