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In theory, dark matter is cold, collisionless, and only interacts via gravity. What we see in ultra-diffuse galaxies indicates otherwise.

The spooky world of quantum mechanics might reach out and touch you — by mutating your DNA. Welcome to the weird world of quantum biology.

At very high and very low temperatures, matter takes on properties that open up an entire Universe of remarkable new possibilities.

If it weren’t for the intricate rules of quantum physics, we wouldn’t have formed neutral atoms “only” ~380,000 years after the Big Bang.

AI software is rapidly accelerating chip design, potentially leveling up the speed of innovation across the economy.

Einstein’s theories of relativity faced fierce opposition. One critic claimed he was attempting to subvert the scientific method.

The big-picture physics is simple – let gravity do its job.

Is history decided by discernible laws or does it unfold based on random, unpredictable occurrences?

Before there were planets, stars, and galaxies, before even neutral atoms or stable protons, there was the Big Bang. How did we prove it?

Two fundamentally different ways of measuring the expanding Universe disagree. What’s the root cause of this Hubble tension?

Some of them have survived the wilds of space for billions of years.

The major transformation in the where of modern workplaces is about to collide with a transformation in who is doing that work.

Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.

The emergence of life in the universe is as certain as the emergence of matter, gravity, and the stars. Life is the universe developing a memory, and our chemical detection system could find it.

Its apples taste bad, but institutions all over the world want a descendant or clone of the tree, anyway.

As the first Friedmann equation celebrates its 99th anniversary, it remains the one equation to describe our entire universe.

Is the multiverse real? It’s one of the hottest questions in all of theoretical physics. We invited two astrophysicists to join the debate.

To be successful at bonsai cultivation, you must acquire the perseverance and unconditional kindness normally reserved for devout monks.

If you said “with the Big Bang,” congratulations: that was our best answer as of ~1979. Here’s what we’ve learned in all the time since.

“We can build AI scientists that are better than we are… these systems can be superhuman,” says the FutureHouse co-founder.

The scientists are headed “straight to the FDA” to begin human trials.

Leading a scientific revolution is easy: you just have to succeed where the current theory fails while equaling its successes. Good luck!

A series of charts shows how prevalent different mental illnesses are across the globe — but how we define them matters.

Only the best physical theories outlast the minds that invented them. Throughout the 20th century, a number of discoveries revolutionized our Universe. The discovery of the interior structure of atoms as […]

Inside the “out there” quest for a drug that would help doctors save lives before it’s too late.

If light can’t be bent by electric or magnetic fields (and it can’t), then how do the Zeeman and Stark effects split atomic energy levels?

Cooperation was the first technology.

With 1550 distinct type Ia supernovae measured across ~10 billion years of cosmic time, the Pantheon+ data set reveals our Universe.

If you have an old TV set with the “rabbit ear” antennae, and you set it to channel 03, that snowy static can reveal the Big Bang itself.

Mathematically, it is a monster, but we can understand it in plain English.