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Everyone loves Europa, says Neil deGrasse Tyson. Why? It’s a strong bet for finding life in our solar system, and it’s even more amazing because it breaks all the rules.
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With off-the-shelf materials and a little dry ice, you can discover particles that wouldn’t exist unless relativity were real. “The experiments that we will do with the LHC [Large Hadron Collider] […]
A Swiss scientist identifies the top predator in the world in a new study.
This season of Game of Thrones has been especially political, and episode 7 relates to the social and political climate of the U.S. like never before.
“Currently, inflammation is considered a major factor in the development of depression, dementia, and other brain disorders,” says Dr Drew Ramsey.
In most places, water meets legal guidelines. But is it safe? One EWG spokesperson says no.
A new paper suggests population size and migration explain the sudden bursts of innovation seen 50,000 years ago.
Breakfast is often cupcakes and cake with different names, like muffins and yogurt. That does not bode well for our waistlines.
Scientists find a surprising way to biodegrade plastic at an impressively fast rate.
The origin of life on Earth may have nothing to do with Earth at all. “An extrapolation of the genetic complexity of organisms to earlier times suggests that life began before […]
Checking email and being on social media gives us a reward similar to playing slot machines, or fishing. We never know what’s going to happen next, and that’s what makes it so compelling.
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Over 2 billion people worldwide eat insects, such as crickets. Crickets are easy to harvest, high in protein, and nutrient rich. In an age of growing environmental awareness about the significant resources needed for raising livestock, crickets would seemingly be the food of the future. Why aren’t they on your dinner plate?
The biological process they go through is similar to how yeast turns sugar into alcohol.
We’re about to kick off the sixth great extinction event. And we’ll follow shortly after.
Warning: these maps might leave a strange taste in your mouth
The Mayan Riviera contains the largest coral reef in the Western Hemisphere. However, commonplace cosmetic products used by tourists threaten its health. A local couple is working hard to change that.
If a former Nazi realized its importance nearly 50 years ago, perhaps we all can, too. Around the country and around the world, there is no shortage of human suffering. Poverty, […]
A new study sheds light on the evolutionary connection between fish fins and human fingers.
From peanuts over petroleum to opium: these are the exports that power global trade
Researchers video chimpanzee mothers teaching their kids how to use tools.
A Finn and a Spaniard walk into a bar…
When we think about a long-term solution to our energy needs, none of today’s options are this good. “I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service believes a species of bumble bee – the rusty patched bumble bee – should be under federal protection under the Endangered Species Act.
You might think that it should be all black, but then how would we see it? “It is conceptually interesting, if not astrophysically very important, to calculate the precise apparent shape […]
Dying is expensive, but it shouldn’t be so.
Sometimes, designing a careful experiment and measuring absolutely no effect can be the most important result of all. “It appears, from all that precedes, reasonably certain that if there be any […]
Say it should fall. It’ll cost over $1 trillion to rehabilitate the nation. Who’s going to pay for that?
Understanding the biology of aging can help us develop strategies to slow or even overcome it.
New Here One earbuds aim to bring enhanced human hearing to market.