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It should be just as sticky (or non-sticky) as normal matter. Here’s how we know. Not only here on Earth, but everywhere in the Universe that we look, we find structures […]
After the 2011 Fukushima disaster, it was Germany, not Japan, that cracked down most severely on nuclear power plants.
There is no going “back to normal.”
Pandemics have historically given way to social revolution. What will the post-COVID revolution be?
Since 2015, the Women in the Workplace report has evaluated the successes of women in corporate America alongside the challenges they face. Sponsored by McKinsey & Co. and Lean In, […]
Across the world, wildlife is under severe threat.
In a metaphor too apt to be made up, the council has been forced to relocate until the flood waters recede.
There are three possible ways we’ll find alien life. With all of these chances, the only question is which will come first. Given everything humanity has learned about the Universe, it […]
At the height of the first wave, many people took heart from the drop in air pollution resulting from global lockdowns.
Not everything needs a medium to travel through. If we can overcome that assumption, we don’t need the aether at all. All throughout the Universe, different types of signals propagate. Some […]
Based on the atoms that they’re made out of, the innermost planet should always be the densest. Here’s why Earth beats Mercury, hands down.
Catch Saturn at its biggest and brightest, and view its rings while you still can. Right now, in Earth’s skies, Saturn appears at its biggest and brightest. A view of tonight’s […]
From wearable electronics to microscopic sensors to telemedicine, new advances like graphene and supercapacitors are bringing “impossible” electronics to life.
The father of all giant sea bugs was recently discovered off the coast of Java.
Saturn’s Iapetus, discovered way back in 1671, has three bizarre features that science still can’t fully explain.
These Roman Emperors were infamous for their debauchery and cruelty.
Our Solar System’s outer reaches, and what’s in them, was predicted long before the first Oort Cloud object was ever discovered.
While it’s always been a boon to Popeye’s “muskles,” it looks like spinach may also have a role to play in clean future batteries.
An artificial island in the North Sea is the biggest building project ever in Danish history – and could pave the way for many more.
The smart skin can “sweat” like human skin and also self-heal.
Crows have their own version of the human cerebral cortex.
Here’s what scientists know about how the virus spreads, and how to avoid contracting it.
Life arose on Earth very early on. After a few billion years, here we are: intelligent and technologically advanced. Where’s everyone else?
The largest moon around our last planet didn’t originate with Neptune. When it comes to the moons of our Solar System, there’s only one planet that doesn’t fit in with our […]
Add some color to the internal structures and you’ve got some eye-popping imagery.
Astronomers propose new estimate of Earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy.
An overfished planet needs a better solution. Fortunately, it’s coming.