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If we’re going to discuss oceanography and climate change, we should at least identify the currents correctly.

Two very different ideas, wormholes and quantum entanglement, might be fundamentally related. What would “ER = EPR” mean for our Universe?

A team of scientists has warned that marketers seek to advertise in our dreams. Will our sleep be commercialized against our wishes?

Synthetic milk is not a sci-fi fantasy; it already exists.

In many ways, it was worse than Chernobyl.

Empty space itself, the quantum vacuum, could be in either a true, stable state or a false, unstable state. Our fate depends on the answer.

On June 20, 2024, the summer solstice occurs at its earliest moment since 1796: when George Washington was President of the USA. Here’s why.

The young and healthy were not just as likely to die as the old and frail, according to a new analysis.

Why studying happiness is good for your “psychological immune system,” explained by Harvard “happiness professor” Tal Ben-Sharar.

Size matters, but it’s not the only thing.

Northern lights in the American South, clusters of huge geomagnetic storms—the Sun is throwing a tantrum right on schedule.

Large language models are an impressive advance in AI, but we are far away from achieving human-level capabilities.

Until the Apollo missions, we had no idea how the moon got here, just a series of educated guesses. They rewrote the story of the moon’s origins.

How could we fight Alzheimer’s with the body’s own immunity?

Ancient organic chemistry.

80% of the world was once polygamous. What happened?

If you give yourself and others space to tinker and experiment, then you might create something incredible. Here’s how to do it well.

Humans, when we consider space travel, recognize the need for gravity. Without our planet, is artificial or antigravity even possible?

The futuristic weapon could be ready for the battlefield in 5 years.

The findings suggest that biochemical and physical effects of exercise could help heal nerves.

Religion fosters traits that are helpful in a school system that relies on authority figures and rewards people who follow the rules.

Defy conventional startup wisdom by charting a steady and impactful path to success.

Businesses are realizing that rapid disruption without stability can lead to long-term failure. A new era of thoughtful, sustainable growth is emerging.

Exoplanet LP 791-18d is likely to have an atmosphere and liquid water.

Each of our three nearest stars might have an Earth-like planet in orbit around it. Here’s what we’ll learn when we finally observe it.

On Earth, microbial growth is common in lava tubes no matter the location and climate, whether it’s ice-volcano interactions in Iceland or hot, sand-floored lava tubes in Saudi Arabia.

Research suggests that to maintain a healthy brain, we should tend our gut microbiome.

If you can model anything in the Universe with an equation, mathematics is how you get the solution(s). Physics must go a step further.

How do physicists solve a problem like entropy?

“Rational vaccinology” could lead to effective cancer vaccines.