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2018’s winter was particularly harsh on U.S. honeybees. What’s causing bee populations to plummet, and what can we do about it?
A single thought experiment reveals a paradox. Could quantum gravity be the solution? Sometimes, if you want to understand how nature truly works, you need to break things down to […]
Food deserts are a problem. One solution might already exist.
Black holes are regions of extreme gravity, but dark matter barely interacts at all. Do they play well together? Black holes are some of the most extreme objects in the […]
We found 10 video games that kids will love (and they’ll secretly be learning, too).
It marks a major shift in the government’s battle against the opioid crisis.
Three academic papers from Australia shows sizable bone spurs growing at the base of our skulls.
As we urbanize, a new study flags the need for lots of green spaces.
A new study posits that sleep deprivation decreases civic participation.
The loss of the Y chromosome could drive the formation of entirely new species.
Are modern colleges more interested in their bottom lines than the needs of students? Dan Rosensweig explains why the educational system is ready for disruption.
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Fundamental physics must reconsider its current path and value system.
Well-lit cities and towns are essential to public safety. That doesn’t have to ruin the night sky. For most of us here on planet Earth, navigating the world at night is […]
A new essay by Rafael Euba questions the goals of the happiness industry.
Polls show that more Americans today define socialism as an ideology of “equality” than one espousing government control of the economy.
The calorie is the basic unit of measure of food — and it might be off.
Mass protests alone are never enough.
It’s one thing to find a galaxy that “shouldn’t exist.” It’s quite another to learn why it does. Above a certain size, spiral galaxies shouldn’t exist. A single major merger — where two […]
It’s the technique, from the Event Horizon Telescope, that brought us a black hole’s image. Here’s how it works. The Event Horizon Telescope has accomplished what no other telescope or telescope […]
The top of Mauna Kea is the ideal physical site for this new, ready-to-be-built telescope. But that’s far from the only concern. For many years, astronomers have looked forward to a […]
In order to reap the greatest rewards, we have to think big and invest big. One of these four missions will deliver like never before. When it comes to exploring the […]
From a personal point of view and from an economic point of view, this is nothing short of potentially disastrous for people’s livelihoods.
Maura O’Connor discusses her new book, Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World.
A fascinating mathematical structure exists that goes well beyond our common experience. Could it revolutionize physics? Perhaps the most remarkable fact about the Universe is that every particle within it — at […]
There’s real, straightforward science behind the destruction of an Alderaan-sized planet. In all of science fiction, perhaps the most iconic moment of destruction occurs in 1977’s Star Wars: A New […]
It’s one of the two best meteor showers of the year. Don’t let the full Moon stop you. Every year, as the Earth intercepts the debris streams of comets and asteroids […]
We need electric planes, sustainable aviation fuels, and hybrid propulsion now, not later.
If you understand gravity well enough, you might not even need a telescope to revolutionize astronomy. In science, advances arise at the intersection of theory and real-world observation. One of […]
Bernie Sanders reveals an even bigger plan than Elizabeth Warren, but does it go too far?