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From gene expression to protein design, large language models are creating a suite of powerful genomic tools.

Some physicists are besot with the multiverse, but if we can’t detect these other universes, how seriously should we take them?

For millennia, diamonds were the hardest known material, but they only rank at #7 on the current list. Can you guess which material is #1?

Quibi was so focused on foresight they forgot the basics of hindsight.

Because of dark energy, distant objects speed away from us faster and faster as time goes on. How long before every galaxy is out of reach?

Outfitted with wheels and rotors, the bot can morph from a land drone into a quadcopter in seconds.

In 1995, Hubble peered at the Pillars of Creation, forever changing our view. Now in 2022, JWST completes the star-forming puzzle.

After my father died, my journey of rediscovery began with the Czech language.

When organized effectively, peer mentoring programs can offer substantial benefits for organizations and their employees.

An army of replicators belonging to national laboratories, research universities, and amateur garages is rushing to replicate ambient superconductivity in LK-99.

The laws of physics don’t prefer matter over antimatter. So how can we be certain that distant stars & galaxies aren’t made of antimatter?

A small Ohio town tried to escape America’s addiction to rectangular grids. It didn’t last long.

The monsoon rains were not always so reliable.

Fear of technology is not new. But we misunderstand its origin. In reality, we don’t fear technology but each other.

Our desire for recognition at work can lead to perilous ends.

Our brains are hardwired to find fault. The best managers don’t let this steer how they interact with their team.

It started with a bang, but won’t end with one. Instead, it will “rage against the dying of the light” like nothing you’ve ever imagined.

The perfectly accessible, perfectly knowable Universe of classical physics is gone forever, no matter what interpretation you choose.

Today, our observable Universe extends for 46 billion light-years in all directions. But early on in our history, things were much smaller.

Dark energy is one of the biggest mysteries in all the Universe. Is there some way to avoid “having to live with it?”

Historical analyses reveal that crises almost always yield surprising benefits.

Their neurons are very different from “normal” people.

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

The talent of management should be unleashed toward the management of talent. Many companies are doing the opposite.

It’s the ultimate setup for a Thanksgiving Day disaster. The physics of water and its solid, liquid, and gas phases compels us not to do it.

The Universe is supposed to be the same everywhere and in all directions. So what’s that giant “cold spot” doing out there?

If you want to understand the Universe, cosmologically, you just can’t do it without the Friedmann equation. With it, the cosmos is yours.

Research suggests parenthood helps couples tune into each other’s minds and emotional states.

Finding a tiny planet around bright stars dozens or hundreds of light-years from Earth is extremely difficult.

Freethink asks three different kinds of experts to answer this question.