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Deniers will never stop misleading others. Here’s the truth. Every so often, advocates of a fringe theory — one that doesn’t fit the evidence as well as the mainstream theory — do what they can […]
After decades of development, whether NASA’s Webb succeeds or fails all comes down to five critical milestones that are only days away.
For the past 150+ years, the big ones have all missed us. But at some point, our good luck will run out.
Scientists discover burrows of giant predator worms that lived on the seafloor 20 million years ago.
Never made a turkey before? Don’t worry, science can help.
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Scientists regenerate damaged spinal cord nerve fibers with designer protein, helping paralyzed mice walk again.
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We used to think the Big Bang meant the universe began from a singularity. Nearly 100 years later, we’re not so sure.
One of the best-known allegorical depictions of love has a rather pessimistic male twin.
The system is basically facial recognition technology, but for cars.
How close are we to human teleportation? Successes in quantum teleportation experiments abound.
Virtual reality continues to blur the line between the physical and the digital, and it will change our lives forever.
Sound waves behave quite differently on Mars than on Earth.
How does philosophy try to balance having free will with living in a deterministic universe?
A new study provides a possible scientific explanation for the existence of stories about ancient saints performing miracles with water.
A theoretical physicist returns to Penrose and Hameroff’s theory of “quantum consciousness.”
The Vertebrate Genomes Project may spell good news for the kakapo and the vaquita.
Move over, Tattooine, and instead feast your eyes on GW Orionis.
His grandfather, a member of Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb team, foresaw the potential of nuclear energy to power cities — not destroy them.
China’s dominance of the rare earth metal industry is part of its overall geopolitical strategy.
One player’s pawn is another’s farmer. And at one time, the queen was a rather powerless virgin.
If computers can beat us at chess, maybe they could beat us at math, too.
In his new book, “The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power,” Jacob Helberg outlines the brewing cyberwar between Western democracies and autocracies like China and Russia.
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago find that death triggers increased activity in certain brain cells.
A reversal in Earth’s magnetic field 42,000 years ago triggered climate catastrophes and mass extinctions. Can the field flip again?
How do you get usable phosphorus into a system? A new study suggests lightning can do the trick.
New research reveals that because of an optical illusion, we’ve been viewing sperm incorrectly for nearly 350 years.
Often viewed as a theoretical, calculational tool only, the Lamb Shift proved their existence. If you spend enough time listening to theoretical physicists, it starts to sound like there are […]