Don’t believe in dark matter or dark energy? Your view of the Universe just got a lot more difficult. If you ask an astrophysicist what’s the greatest puzzle in the […]
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If it can stretch the Universe from the size of a subatomic particle to billions of light years in a fraction of a second, why doesn’t Einstein’s relativity forbid it? When […]
Scientists model the first virtual neurons to better understand the living brain.
Dylan McWilliams was bit by a shark in Hawaii less than a year after being bit by a bear in Colorado. What are the odds? There’s an old saying out there […]
For older adults, playing video games isn’t just a way for older adults to keep in touch with the younger generation — it might be also be a way to stay in touch with memory itself.
The eccentric millionaire has been offered bribes and gotten death threats. Yet, he holds steadfast, as this remarkable treasure hunt stands as his legacy.
Religious skepticism birthed the modern world, but its ideologies have largely failed to deliver. Could neuroscience cure the ails of human society?
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Researchers succeed in deleting key genes from ants, significantly modifying their behavior.
In her new book, Creative Change, social psychologist Jennifer Mueller says everyone loves the idea of creativity even while we prefer the status quo.
Scientists propose an out-of-the-box theory about why the world has no more than three dimensions.
Many participants smoked and drank, and enjoyed the benefits of health and longevity anyway.
What would it be like to experience the 4th dimension?
It isn’t just a theory; it’s the best way we have to make sense of everything that exists. “The physicist is like someone who’s watching people playing chess and, after watching […]
We’re taught that the most massive stars in the Universe all die in supernovae. We were taught wrong. Create a star that’s massive enough, and it won’t go out with a […]
What do our future missions in physics, astronomy, astrophysics and more hold? If you went back in time just 30 years, the world as we it was a completely different place. […]
Research shows that the U.S. has more food allergies than other nations though it’s not clear why. The good news: For one of the worst allergies, peanuts, there’s promising news.
Having trouble finding the meaning of life? Nietzsche had the same problem. His philosophy offers us a few suggestions for finding the solution.
Complex problems undermine the very principle of meritocracy: the idea that the ‘best person’ should be hired. There is no best person.
Here are some of the most impactful scientific achievements in a year full of discoveries.
Sure, we found the Higgs Boson at the LHC earlier this decade. But what else has, and more importantly, hasn’t turned up? It’s now just over five years since the two […]
Scientists solve the mystery of why 2000-year-old Roman concrete still stands strong.
A look at the United States gender gap in 2018 shows that no matter how it’s calculated, it’s still a problem.
Why not just put your detectors in place of a giant mirror? “Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.” –Yousuf […]
We know that body language reveals a lot. But language is an even bigger tell if you know what to look for.
Kansas has launched such an ambitious educational project that public officials are likening it to the NASA moon missions of the 1960s.
When novelists and poets reveal their writing process we learn a great deal about our own development.
Elegance, beauty, and mathematical precision makes for a compelling story and an exquisite model. But it doesn’t make it right. Scientific theories, at their best, are simple, straightforward, full of predictive […]
When galaxy clusters merge together, they form the largest objects the Universe will ever create. “On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in […]
In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched, leading to a revolution in astronomy. But for many purposes, Earth is still the best place to be. When you think about what’s […]
“Nice and in control: the twin peaks of a good reputation…But since we are riddled with contradiction, this is not a simple story.”