To put things in perspective, the cost of sequencing a single genome in 2012 was around $10,000.
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The Arabic word fatwa can mean “explanation” or “clarification.”
Humans, when we consider space travel, recognize the need for gravity. Without our planet, is artificial or antigravity even possible?
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?
The most common visual depictions of the history of the Universe show the Big Bang as a growing tube with an “ignition” point. Why is that?
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 possible to remove all forms of matter, radiation, and curvature from space. When you do, dark energy still remains. Is this mandatory?
Inflation, dark matter, and string theory are all proposed extensions to the prior consensus picture. But what does the evidence say?
Made from concrete, it cost 15% less per square foot to construct than a typical house.
Letting nature’s expert engineers lead the way.
Should we be searching for life on other planets, or technology?
The Universe isn’t just expansion, but the expansion itself is accelerating. So why can’t we feel it in any measurable way?
Should men be doing kegels?
Coherentism accepts that circular reasoning is probably the best any of us can do.
Data from NASA, ESA, and Roscosmos suggest that long durations in space cause changes in the brain, some of which are linked to vision problems.
If dark energy gets stronger with time, our fate could be an utter catastrophe. When it comes to the entire Universe, one of the biggest existential questions we’re capable of […]
After turning up hundreds of genes with hard-to-predict effects, some scientists are now probing the grander developmental processes that shape face geometry.
Earth, the only rocky planet with a large, massive satellite, is greatly affected by the Moon. Destroying it would cause 7 major changes.
The plant-like sea creatures contain a molecule that improves memory, learning, and even hair quality, according to a new study in mice.
A longstanding mismatch between theory and experiment motivated an exquisite muon measurement. At last, a theoretical solution has arrived.
Leap day only comes once every four years, including in 2024. But the reason we have it, including when we do and don’t, may surprise you.
Science cannot help us understand or describe first-person experience. Zen koans are a powerful form for helping us reach that description.
So far, gravitational waves have revealed stellar mass black holes and neutron stars, plus a cosmic background. So much more is coming.
The Schumann resonances are the background hum of the entire planet. But they don’t affect humans in any way.
An effect called the “urban heat island” means that temperatures are often 10 degrees higher in cities, according to NASA.
From exoplanets to supermassive black holes to the first stars and galaxies, Webb will show us the Universe as we’ve never seen it before.
There are two different ways to measure the expansion rate of the Universe, and they don’t agree. And no, new measurements don’t help.
Do the laws of physics place a hard limit on how far technology can advance, or can we re-write those laws?