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It doesn’t have to be a science-fiction dream. For as long as human beings have been watching the night sky, we’ve dreamed of visiting other worlds and truly seeing what’s […]

If AIs can generate photos of people who don’t exist, what else can they imagine?

It’s fundamentally different from space. Here’s how. Here’s a question that most of us have been asked at some point in our lives, “what’s the shortest distance between two points?” By […]

We’ve argued over ideology for far too long. It’s time to pick a better route to prosperity. In every civilized society around the world, there’s a trade-off that must be […]

Is there a way for more human-centered algorithms to prevent potentially triggering interactions on social media?

Isolation and empathy are by no means mutually exclusive.

The Data Atlas of the World specialises in simple yet revealing maps of the world.

The researchers hope to develop a no-trace plastic to curtail marine pollution and ghost fishing.

Eric Weinstein says that we need to rethink the current scientific model to allow for more dreaming.

Although everyone knows that coal-based energy is a thing of the past, declarations about nuclear power plants somehow do not want to enter into force.

For over 50 years, it’s been the scientifically accepted theory describing the origin of the Universe. It’s time we all learned its truths. The Universe we know today, filled with stars […]

Today’s agriculture workers face 21 days of heat that exceed safety standards. That number will double by 2050.

He’s also credited by some as having coined the phrase “user-friendly.”

Somehow, the Universe began with just the right mix of cosmic ingredients to make life possible. It sure doesn’t seem likely. When you take stock of what’s in the Universe on […]

There are only 3 populations of stars, but “generations” is a more complex question. When we look out at the stars in the Universe, we classify them into three different […]

We might live in a quantum Universe, but we’ll violate the principle of relativity if space is discrete. If you try and divide matter into smaller and smaller chunks, you’ll […]

Here’s why scary stories were once an integral part of Christmas Eve festivities.

With three colors and three anticolors, there aren’t actually nine gluons; only eight. One of the most puzzling features of the Universe is the strong nuclear force. Inside every proton or […]

Neo’s superhuman powers were only inside of The Matrix. The outside world offered a different reality.

We’re not made out of the densest elements, but we’re the densest planet nonetheless. Here’s why. Of all the planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids and more in the Solar System, only […]

Study shows ripples across a newly fertilized egg are similar to ocean and atmospheric circulations.

Are atoms, humans, planets, and galaxies destined to expand, too? One of the most revolutionary discoveries of the past century was the fact that the Universe is not eternally static and […]

Neurons that store abstract representations of past experiences are activated when a new, similar event takes place.

As long as it remains operational, we’ll have a chance to conduct groundbreaking science with it. In the history of spaceflight, only five spacecraft ever launched by humanity possess enough energy […]

Just before I turned 60, I discovered that sharing my story by drawing could be an effective way to both alleviate my symptoms and combat that stigma.

The hot Big Bang occurred 13.8 billion years ago, and there’s no other possible answer consistent with what we know today. Conceptually, it might seem like the simplest idea in existence […]

There’s a million things we haven’t done. But just you wait. The Universe as we know it began some 13.8 billion years ago with the onset of the hot Big Bang. […]

For many, 2020 will not be remembered as a “best of” much. We don’t need to repeat the reasons here; it’s sufficient to point out that a 100-year pandemic was […]

There are three answers depending on what you consider the “edge,” but only two of them are known. If you were to go as far out into space as you can […]

If you’re always succeeding, you’re probably not learning much.