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Water on Mars is key for human survival on the Red Planet, not just for drinking but for growing food and making fuel and oxygen.
Our Universe requires dark matter in order to make sense of things, astrophysically. Could massive photons do the trick?
When maps meet stamps, you get a love child called “cartophilately.”
Hormonal birth control for women may elevate the risk of depression and suicide, but so does pregnancy itself.
According to Tolkien, fantasy requires a deep imagination known as “sub-creation.” And the genre reflects a fundamental truth of being human.
Game theory is a unique combination of math and psychology. Its applications turn up everywhere, from nuclear war to Tinder to game shows.
Some economists predict China’s economy will overtake the U.S. economy by 2028.
Where did the “seed” magnetic field come from in the first place?
Researchers in Singapore invented a novel device that may help the island nation illuminate its growing underground infrastructure.
In 1920, astronomers debated the nature of the Universe. The results were meaningless until years later, when the key evidence arrived.
Kublai Khan wasn’t the first ruler in history to issue paper money, but his Yuan dynasty did take unprecedented action to ensure this revolutionary form of currency retained its value.
Awareness of one’s own heartbeat has some positive effects.
It marks a breakthrough in using gene editing to treat diseases.
The laws of physics state that you can’t create or destroy matter without also creating or destroying an equal amount of antimatter. So how are we here?
Everyone has pondered what they would do with an extra hour a day. Would they get more sleep or spend more time with family? Spend time on a side project […]
Debris from Pluto-sized collisions, not aliens, are streaming through the galaxy. In 2017, scientists discovered an object passing through our Solar System that was unlike anything else we had ever seen. […]
Photosynthesis is powerful but very inefficient. Humans can improve on this biochemical process to help the planet.
Hidden variables aren’t ruled out, but they can’t get rid of quantum weirdness. Ever since the discovery of the bizarre behavior of quantum systems, we’ve been forced to reckon with […]
Civilization is facing an existential threat from climate change. Will we humans make it? Does anyone in the universe make it?
The theory could resolve some unanswered questions.
Chimpanzees are able to consider the context of social interactions and can accept unfavorable outcomes — sometimes.
Sludge may be inevitable, but there are better ways to manage such frictions in our daily lives.
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It won’t give you a six pack, but could improve your bone density.
The puzzle of play
The purpose of play — for children, monkeys, rats or meerkats — has proved surprisingly hard to pin down. Scientists continue to toss around ideas.
And the one step we can take to show extraterrestrials we’re figuring it out. Every year, Earth’s meteor showers accomplish two important tasks. This composite photograph shows a large number of […]
Finding out we’re not alone in the Universe would fundamentally change everything. Here’s how we could do it.
Galaxies can have regions both hotter and colder than the background radiation of the Universe. When we talk about the depths of space, we get this picture in our heads […]
The “Euro Night Sprinter” map is utopian, but Europe’s rail future could look a lot like it.