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Finland’s recent decline in international test scores has led many to question whether its education system is truly the best.

The world’s greatest observatory can go no further with its current instrument set. The Hubble Space Telescope has provided humanity with our deepest views of the Universe ever. It has […]

Acetyl-L-carnitine has long been recognized as important for metabolism of fatty acids in mitochondria. Its newly discovered link to depression could one day change the lives of millions.

There was a first molecule, and we found one just like it. But there’s a big difference. The Universe’s first molecule is found at last! That’s what the headlines have […]

There are two classes of so-called “big questions.” The former are invented, and the latter can be fully answered by science.

Thousands of churches are left behind every year in America.

Vision restoration is the main goal, but the CustomFlex Artificial Iris could also be used for cosmetic purposes.

“What a shock,” said no dog owner ever.

Galaxies are found uniformly everywhere in the Universe, except in the Milky Way’s plane. Here’s why. From the time of their very first discovery, the Universe’s grand spirals have puzzled astronomers. […]

Taking a modern look at a millennia-old concept.

Researchers at Japan’s Tohoku University might be clearing the way for space travel.

Some of the meteorites that strike our planet originate from our red neighbor, Mars. Here’s how we know. As the planets orbit the Sun, well-separated from one another, we tend to […]

Economic “degrowth” may be difficult to achieve, but a “prosperous descent” is possible.

Finland and the U.S. have chosen opposing answers to the question of how much standardized testing is too much.

Lederman helped promote the importance of particle physics to the general public and his research laid the groundwork for the Standard Model.

A team of researchers at Cornell University has developed a revolutionary battery architecture that could someday increase storage capacity while cutting charge times to mere seconds.

Nurturing several relationships at once can empower us to build a life so rich that when we lose one love among many, we don’t feel as if we’ve lost ‘everything.’

Shortly after the Big Bang, the Universe became completely dark. The first stars, when they ignited, changed everything. For perhaps 100 million years, the Universe was devoid of stars. The […]

Over 9 billion years ago, a distant star exploded. Thanks to Einstein, we’ve seen it multiple times on replay. All across the Universe, matter and energy curve the fabric of space, […]

After generations of speculations, we’ve finally got the images that tell us the full story. Some 4.5 billion years ago, our Sun and Solar System were born from a collapsing cloud […]

More and more research points to a serious mistake we made in how biomechanics works.

And why Einstein’s quest for unification was doomed from the start. If you wanted to answer the question of what’s truly fundamental in this Universe, you’d need to investigate matter and […]

Sometimes, the simplest questions of all are the most difficult to meaningfully answer. If you were to take any tiny piece of matter in our known Universe and break it […]

Only 46 monks have completed the seven-year marathon since 1885.

An entire Universe of possibilities await stars like our own, even after they run out of fuel. One of the most profound rules in all the Universe is that nothing lasts […]

Depending on the answer, one of the famous unsolved Millennium problems could have major implications in our lives.

The American Psychological Association recently released guidelines for treating boys and men. Men aren’t happy about it.

Explore how alcohol affects your brain, from the first sip at the bar to life-long drinking habits.

Then again, maybe the study is fake news too.

We don’t need the many-worlds of quantum mechanics to have more Universes than we know what to do with. “The Universe is all there is, or was, or will be.” That […]