A famous explorer’s doomed ship is finally found 107 years after it was lost to the Antarctic deep.
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Life arose on Earth very early on. After a few billion years, here we are: intelligent and technologically advanced. Where’s everyone else?
With LEDs bringing brighter nighttime lighting than ever before, and thousands of new satellites polluting the skies, astronomy needs help.
Seek pleasure and avoid pain. Why make it more complicated?
In our Universe, all stable atomic nuclei have protons in them; there’s no stable “neutronium” at all. But what’s the reason why?
We should not expect aliens to look anything like us. Creatures that resemble octopuses or birds or even robots are legitimate possibilities.
If you forgot to defrost your turkey, definitely don’t put it in a deep fryer. Every year, households all across the United States face a troubling dilemma with no good solutions: […]
Over 50 years since humans last walked on the Moon, astronaut footprints and rover tracks are still visible. But they won’t last forever.
This is your brain on work.
An ancient continent called Balkanatolia rose and fell in the area in and around what is now the eastern Mediterranean.
Using data collected from ancient civilizations across the world, researchers identified the most significant factors in human development. War came out on top.
Historical geniuses used the “creative nap” to give their minds a boost. Apparently, the “hypnagogic state” can help with problem solving.
The results of a 2021 study suggest that the world’s most powerful psychedelic may be an underutilized peace-building tool.
Your expectations form the way you experience the world.
MIT researchers design glue that mimics the sticky substance barnacles use to cling to rocks.
69 percent of the global diet is “foreign,” says a study that pinpoints the origin of 151 food crops.
Scientists are finding tumor signals in spit that could be key to developing diagnostic tests for various types of cancer.
The attitude we take to Will Smith’s slap will mirror our attitudes to violence, masculinity, and protecting others more generally.
Progress got derailed somewhere between indoor plumbing and the flying car. Why?
If you’re trying to break a bad habit or start a good one, psychologists have some tips.
Brian C. Muraresku, New York Times best-selling author of “The Immortality Key,” unpacks ancient evidence for the widespread ritual use of psychoactive plants.
Fish are surprisingly good in numbers tests — a skill that sometimes makes the difference between life and death.
Dark matter hasn’t been directly detected, but some form of invisible matter is clearly gravitating. Could the graviton hold the answer?
What responsibility do social media companies like Twitter have to free speech? It depends on whether they are “landlords” or “publishers.”
Despite the Sun’s high core temperatures, particles can’t quite overcome their mutual electric repulsion. Good thing for quantum physics!
It’s not a gambit. It’s not fraud. It’s not driven by opinion, prejudice, or bias. It’s not unchallengeable. And it’s more than facts alone.
Valles Marineris on Mars is 10 times longer and three times deeper than Earth’s Grand Canyon.
From making their own swabs to staying in constant communication across the board, Northwell Health dove headfirst into uncharted waters to take on the virus and save lives.
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Why power generated through nuclear fusion will be the future, but not the present, solution to humanity’s energy needs.
The “first cause” problem may forever remain unsolved, as it doesn’t fit with the way we do science.