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It’s a problem on both sides of the political divide.

A scientist’s first-hand account shows the world can tackle a global environmental crisis.

It’s 2024, and we still only know of the fundamental particles of the Standard Model: nothing more. But these 8 unanswered questions remain.

It’s possible to remove all forms of matter, radiation, and curvature from space. When you do, dark energy still remains. Is this mandatory?

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.

Toxoplasmosis, which results from a chance encounter with a cougar and the parasite it carries, can push a wolf to seek alpha status.

The “attention economy” corrupts science.

We understand many things about our Universe, and our home within it, extremely well. The number of stars in the Milky Way isn’t among them.

JWST has seen more distant galaxies than any other observatory, ever. But many candidates for “most distant of all” are likely impostors.

The spray uses snippets of DNA to gum up virus replication.

About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]

Many Americans aren’t rejecting spirituality, just practicing it differently.

Inflation, dark matter, and string theory are all proposed extensions to the prior consensus picture. But what does the evidence say?

We’ve only seen Uranus up close once: from Voyager 2, back in 1986. The next time we do it, its features will look entirely different.

If tourism is the lifeblood of the Peruvian economy, then Machu Picchu is the heart pumping that blood — in sickness and in health.

The Universe isn’t just expansion, but the expansion itself is accelerating. So why can’t we feel it in any measurable way?

Our understanding always will remain incomplete.

The quantum world — and its inherent uncertainty — defies our ability to describe it in words.

Many impact craters on Earth have been erased thanks to wind, water, and plate tectonics. But scientists have clever ways to find them.

Recent research suggests that Earth’s magnetic field bounced back just as complex life was starting to emerge on our planet.

What do you call it when the Earth shakes for three decades?

Earth, the only rocky planet with a large, massive satellite, is greatly affected by the Moon. Destroying it would cause 7 major changes.

It was originally recorded in the 1970s by cognitive psychologists Harry McGurk and John MacDonald.

Research suggests that to maintain a healthy brain, we should tend our gut microbiome.

A longstanding mismatch between theory and experiment motivated an exquisite muon measurement. At last, a theoretical solution has arrived.

The results of a 2021 study suggest that the world’s most powerful psychedelic may be an underutilized peace-building tool.

How much can something change and still be the same thing?

The majority of the matter in our Universe isn’t made of any of the particles in the Standard Model. Could the axion save the day?

When we look out at the Universe, even with Hubble, we’re only seeing the closest, biggest, brightest galaxies. Here’s where the rest are.

The 5th brightest star in our night sky is young, blue, and apparently devoid of massive planets. New JWST observations deepen the mystery.