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From the explosions themselves to their unique and vibrant colors, the fireworks displays we adore require quantum physics.

One hundred years ago, a Ukrainian flag flew over Vladivostok and other parts of the “Russian” Far East.

Two very different ideas, wormholes and quantum entanglement, might be fundamentally related. What would “ER = EPR” mean for our Universe?

Learning another language might make you richer, sexier, and smarter. Why not try it?

Altos Labs is an ambitious new anti-aging company with billions of dollars to back it up.

Even with all the recent impacts we’ve seen, it might be more “foe” than “friend” to us.

JWST just found its first transiting exoplanet, and it’s 99% the size of Earth. But with no atmosphere seen, perhaps air is truly rare.

Recasting the iconic Carrington Event as just one of many superstorms in Earth’s past, scientists reveal the potential for even more massive eruptions from the sun.

The underground burial tombs were used at least as far back as 2500 B.C.

Sex, it turns out, isn’t as easy or simple as popular culture might lead us to believe.

There are over 100 known elements in the periodic table. These 8 ways of making them account for every one.

This year marks 2,000 years since the birth of the Roman author of the first natural encyclopedia.

“What am I missing?” is a question that journalist Mónica Guzmán thinks more people should start asking.

Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.

Any dataset that can be quantified over time can be turned into a contest that is both exciting and (a little bit) enlightening.

From succubi to aliens, stories of abductions or other unsettling encounters have been with us for millennia. What explains them?

Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.

Nearly 200 orbital launches are scheduled for 2022.

People around the world, mostly Generation Z, are obsessed with the look and feel of gothic, elitist universities. Why?

We bring multifaceted selves to our interactions, and in these interactions co-create each other again and again. 

Learning styles are supposed to help learners take ownership of their education, but research doesn’t back up this well-intentioned myth.

The microscopic tardigrades are an elusive species. Fossils are rare, but each new find adds a piece to their unsolved evolutionary puzzle. 

Brands manufacture meaning through consensus; people must strive to create their own.

We should not romanticize ancient Egyptian culture.

The gospels imply that Jesus became famous as much for his exorcisms as his ministry.

The Kazungula Bridge connects Zambia and Botswana, barely missing Namibia and Zimbabwe.

In a world without “bullshit jobs,” we would have more hours available to us to learn new skills and to unleash our creative side.

Roughly the size of a thumbnail, this newly discovered toadlet has some anatomical surprises.

If computers can beat us at chess, maybe they could beat us at math, too.

Spirals, ellipticals, and irregulars are all more common than ring galaxies. At last, we know how these ultra-rare objects are made.