An almost 40-year-old theory finally has ‘smoking gun’ evidence for it. During most of their lives, stars burn stably, changing imperceptibly. The rotten egg nebula, at lower right (and shown in […]
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Tiny fluctuations in old Kepler data reveals four runaway planets that are reminiscent of Earth.
The “first-of-its-kind” archeological find is being reburied despite the fact that researchers haven’t finished studying it.
This small-scale study may have uncovered a new link between the peripheral nerve system and autism.
If you want to understand what the Universe is, how it began, evolved, and will eventually end, astrophysics is the only way to go.
Unless you confront your theory with what’s actually out there in the Universe, you’re playing in the sandbox, not engaging in science.
Quantum mechanics + consciousness: There is nothing better than mixing two great mysteries to produce an even bigger one.
And why, even at its faintest, it always outshines every other star and planet. If you’ve been looking to the west after sunset recently, you may have noticed that there’s one […]
Impossible standards and poor self-understanding are making us miserable.
Every year, scientists like George Church get better at editing the genomes of human beings. But will genome editing help or hurt us?
From honing the art of perception to checking cognitive biases, here are a few techniques employees can learn in critical thinking training.
In all the Universe, only a few particles are eternally stable. The photon, the quantum of light, has an infinite lifetime. Or does it?
Remote work is here to stay. Here are a few ways to enhance remote training in a post-pandemic future.
Airless tires are puncture-proof and more environmentally friendly. And Michelin is aiming to get them on your car by 2024.
Scientific journals, which are supposed to be the sacred scriptures of academia, are often full of shoddy research and misinformation.
In 2017, a kilonova sent light and gravitational waves across the Universe. Here on Earth, there was a 1.7 second signal arrival delay. Why?
Our current form of education is almost 200 years old. What should schools of the future look like?
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Spiritual experiences can be explained in terms of a highly evolved brain. But they also can be extremely meaningful.
How do you recover after an economic apocalypse? It is not what you know, but who you know.
A new artificial intelligence method removes the effect of gravity on cosmic images, showing the real shapes of distant galaxies.
Since the dawn of history, humans have pondered our ultimate cosmic origins. Now in the 21st century, science has gone beyond the Big Bang.
For billions of years on Earth, life was limited to simple unicellular, non-differentiated organisms. In a mere flash, that changed forever.
Fossil Cycad National Monument held America’s richest deposit of petrified cycadeoid plants, until it didn’t.
Today, the star-formation rate across the Universe is a mere trickle: just 3% of what it was at its peak. Here’s what it was like back then.
The ‘final parsec problem’ is still a mystery for astronomers. When it comes to black holes in the Universe, we know there are at least two major types. There are […]
Were Hitler’s SS henchmen willing executioners fueled by racial propaganda or mindless servants vying for promotions?
A great many cosmic puzzles still remain unsolved. By embracing a broad and varied approach, particle physics heads toward a bright future.
Scientists look to erupted sea glass — lava that erupted in the ocean and was instantly chilled by the surrounding water — to take Earth’s temperature.
By exposing people to small doses of misinformation and encouraging them to develop resistance strategies, “prebunking” can fight fake news.
The biases that shape our understanding of the mind.