Physicist Frank Wilczek proposes new methods of searching for extraterrestrial life.
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Unlike most articles that are titled with a question, the answer isn’t automatically “no.” Announced on January 6, 2020, NASA’s TESS mission has just discovered its first Earth-sized, habitable zone […]
You’re always in control of your breath.
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If you think life on Earth is hard, wait until you see Mars. If you think life on Earth is hard, try living on Mars. Mars, as photographed from the surface […]
The city council voted in favor of the ban by a margin of 8 to 1.
We give it the flight plan, and it takes care of the rest. It has to. Here’s why. No matter how advanced our technology becomes, there are certain limits that can […]
Is information the fifth form of matter?
The smart toilet can analyze urine and stool samples for disease markers and can even recognize an individual user’s “analprint”.
Innovative use of blockchain tech, data trusts, algorithm assessments, and cultural shifts abound.
There are three possible ways we’ll find alien life. With all of these chances, the only question is which will come first. Given everything humanity has learned about the Universe, it […]
The 2020 study successfully removed memories associated with morphine from the brains of mice with very promising results.
A variety of structures exist to both treat employees with more respect and increase productivity.
If a large asteroid strikes Earth, it has the potential to release an enormous amount of energy, leading to local or even global catastrophes. The strike that led to the […]
Facing a shortage of medical resources, doctors in the U.S. may have to make difficult moral decisions over how to allocate care.
Ever want to move forward but find you’re in your own way?
Radical thinker Rutger Bregman paints a new, more beautiful portrait of humanity.
The TRUTHS mission aims to collect extremely precise data on how much radiation Earth absorbs and reflects.
Ground-penetrating radar allows the non-invasive virtual excavation of Falerii Novi.
“Prohibitionist strategy is unsustainable,” reads the policy plan.
DNA molecules are highly programmable.
There’s a lot we can do with current technology to help stem the tide of climate change, but future technology may help even more.
We’d like to think that judging people’s worth based on the shape of their head is a practice that’s behind us.
Prior to COVID-19, 45% of people with intellectual disabilities reported feeling lonely.
In a recent interview, a former Boeing quality manager cited numerous safety concerns in the 787 Dreamliner.
Two Williams pioneered geological mapping in Britain and the United States – but the world only remembers one.
Even after our merger with Andromeda, we might retain our spiral shape for trillions of years. You probably don’t think about it very often, but the Milky Way galaxy won’t remain […]
The most famous ‘supernova impostor’ of all could have died back in the 1840s. Here’s what we think kept it alive. In all of astronomy, no stellar event releases more energy […]