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Civil engineer Martin Lebek has a brilliant plan to redress the world’s phosphorus imbalance.

The war in Ukraine is unlikely to trigger a catastrophic nuclear meltdown. Physics and smart engineering are the reasons why.

The search for worlds outside our solar system has just turned up a planet, TOI-2257 b, with a truly extreme orbit.

The most unique interloper into our Solar System has a natural explanation that fits perfectly — no aliens required.

For nearly a century, physicists have argued over how to interpret quantum physics. But reality exists independent of any interpretation.

A prolonged strike could cost the economy between $500 million to $4.5 billion per day.

Reusable rockets, moon landers, civilian astronauts, and more.

Ancient currents seemed to move in concert with a 2.4 million-year dance between the Red Planet and Earth.

As technology advances, the use of laser weapons in space becomes more likely.

Intelligence is not fixed but fluid. A growth mindset allows our brains to flourish while lowering our stress levels.

It could prevent sun damage and help chemical burns heal faster.

When the average person has a “theory,” they’re just guessing. But for a scientist, a theory is the pinnacle of what we can achieve.

Instead of giving the 239 suffering families and the public a true story, Netflix exploited a horrifying tragedy to push conspiracy theories.

The first tests of optical communications far from Earth will take place aboard the asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft

Shouldn’t “flight mode” be obsolete?

“The pulsar sort of consumes the thing that recycled it, just as the spider eats its mate.”

Should you blast the A/C even when you’re not at home?

Across all wavelengths of light, the Sun is brighter than the Moon. Until we went to the highest energies and saw a gamma-ray surprise.

Dive into seven texts that continue to shape Western philosophy, from ancient Mesopotamia to Greece’s brightest minds.

Sick of remembering a random string of letters, numbers, and special characters?

The FDA approved a single-dose, long-acting injection to protect babies and toddlers from RSV over the fall and winter.

The cannabis plant produces both THC – the psychoactive component in marijuana – and the compound commonly known as CBD, which does not lead to a “high.”

Bathtubs and toilets each got their own rooms until health professionals urged architects to put all the plumbing in one room.

The Universe gravitates so that normal matter and General Relativity alone can’t explain it. Here’s why dark matter beats modified gravity.

A disturbing interview given by a KGB defector in 1984 describes America of today and outlines four stages of mass brainwashing used by the KGB.

From hellishly hot planets to water worlds, some distant planets are like nothing in our Solar System.

Stars orbiting black holes were observed to move significantly slower than expected. One explanation centers on dark matter.

From synthetic biology to xenotransplantation, biotech will continue to march forward in 2023, in part powered by data and AI.

A vitamin that makes your body repellent to mosquitos sounds too good to be true, because it is.