All matter particles can act as waves, and massless light waves show particle-like behavior. Can gravitational waves also be particle-like?
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McDermitt Caldera, the site of an ancient volcanic eruption, straddles the border of Oregon and Nevada.
Well-preserved ancient plants and other finds at the Clarkia fossil beds hint at what kind of evidence any Martian life may have left behind.
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Some objects were softer than others.
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Lab experiments showed Caribbean box jellyfish are quick studies of their environment.
Whenever someone waxes poetic about terraforming alien worlds, it’s worth taking a moment to consider the ethical implications of the proposal.
The dating pool is small — no pun intended.
Origin of life studies have always focused on a set of strict environments that could give rise to life. Ante-life opens new possibilities.
Rocks and minerals don’t simply reflect light. They play with it and interact with light as both a wave and a particle.
Archaeologists have identified what may be Europe’s oldest human-made megastructure.
“They decreased their drinking to the point that it was so low we didn’t record a blood-alcohol level.”
Researchers have discovered 830-million-year-old microbes living inside a salt rock on Earth. Could the same occur on Mars?
Do the benefits of plastics outweigh the costs?
The Moon is the most likely place for evidence from the dawn of life on Earth to be preserved in cold storage.
As the Manhattan Project headed for completion, German attempts to build a nuclear weapon had already been dismantled.
Two types of leaves for two different drastic weather conditions.
NASA’s minivan-sized drone is scheduled to search for signs of life on Titan in 2034.
Neuroscience supports the notion that an escape from conventional perspectives can be a gateway to spectacular insights.