In “Life As No One Knows It,” Sara Imari Walker explains why the key distinction between life and other kinds of “things” is how life uses information.
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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?
Memories aren’t mental recordings, but pliable information we can use to better manage the present and conjure future possibilities.
Japanese thought can’t be easily characterized by just a few books — but this essential guide is a great place to start.
In the early stages of the hot Big Bang, there were only free protons and neutrons: no atomic nuclei. How did the first elements form from them?
Almost everything we can observe and measure follows what’s known as a normal distribution, or a Bell curve. There’s a profound reason why.
More than any other of Einstein’s equations, E = mc² is the most recognizable to people. But what does it all mean?
Photons come in every wavelength you can imagine. But one particular quantum transition makes light at precisely 21 cm, and it’s magical.
All matter particles can act as waves, and massless light waves show particle-like behavior. Can gravitational waves also be particle-like?
From forming bound states to normal scattering, many possibilities abound for matter-antimatter interactions. So why do they annihilate?
The conservation of energy is one of the most fundamental laws governing our reality. But in the expanding Universe, that’s just not true.
Resilience training can be instrumental in helping employees recover from difficulties and embrace change in the workplace.
Finding out how the Universe grew up was the biggest science goal of JWST. This ultra-early proto-galaxy cluster is one amazing discovery.
Seneca thought the use of ice was a “true fever of the most malignant kind.”
Psychologist Mary C. Murphy explains why growth-mindset teams outperform those centered around a lone genius.
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?
A recently identified stage of sleep common to narcoleptics is a fertile source of creativity.
The Poisson distribution has everyday applications in science, finance, and insurance. To compare the results of some biomedical studies, more people ought to be familiar with it.
Cody Delistraty explores if laughter can help alleviate the physical symptoms of grief.
According to Harvard career advisor Gorick Ng, this time-saving system can help us reclaim our work-life sanity.
Newborn stars are surrounded only by a featureless disk. Debris disks persist for hundreds of millions of years. So when do planets form?
“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
To kickstart innovation follow the insider startup knowledge about charisma, “well-rounded square pegs,” and rock-solid teams.
The laws of physics state that you can’t create or destroy matter without also creating or destroying an equal amount of antimatter. So how are we here?
Cotton mask fibers prove 33 percent more effective at blocking viruses in trials.
Here are the signs that you inherited “money anxiety” from your parents.
When someone attempts to make you afraid of something that hasn’t happened instead of a true, present danger, suspect this nefarious ploy.
Drop sodium in water, and a violent, even explosive reaction will occur. But quantum physics is needed to explain why.
Yet another ocean monster has been discovered.
From the present day all the way to less than 400 million years after the Big Bang, we’re seeing how the Universe grew up like never before.