The space agency describes the process of landing rovers on Mars as “seven minutes of terror.”
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How drugs, demons, and the search for immortality gave us words we use everyday.
Space missions in 2022 will include massive rockets and asteroid collisions. This is also the year space tourism starts to hit its stride.
Whenever you’re surprised, there’s a good chance that your brain is busy tweaking your memories.
A recent study sheds light on the evolutionary history of rhinoceroses and their remarkably low levels of genetic diversity.
Capacitors, acid batteries, and other methods of storing electric charges all lose energy over time. These gravity-fed batteries won’t.
A genetic study of British Columbia grizzly bears finds a weird link to local human languages.
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Cotton mask fibers prove 33 percent more effective at blocking viruses in trials.
Scientists across a range of disciplines have helped solve Darwin’s dilemma.
JWST just found its first transiting exoplanet, and it’s 99% the size of Earth. But with no atmosphere seen, perhaps air is truly rare.
The Seychelles magpie-robin is up for sale – yes, for sale – as a digital nature collectible.
India finishes last of 60 countries in environment and sustainability, as ranked by the expats who work there.
China has reached a new record for nuclear fusion at 120 million degrees Celsius.
A revolution of the mind must occur in order for humanity to succeed on a finite planet.
Researchers find a key clue to the evolution of bony fish and tetrapods.
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. […]
In “Off the Edge”, journalist Kelly Weill dives down the strange rabbit hole of the flat-Earther community.
Recent claims put LK-99 as the first room temperature, ambient pressure superconductor ever. Has the game changed, or is it merely hype?
Using a laboratory model, scientists get a nice Jovian surprise.
Independent of cultural background, people seem to share a sense of what makes certain color combinations aesthetically pleasing.
Light-emitting tattoos could indicate dehydration in athletes or health conditions in hospital patients.
People can lose their authentic selves when they don’t honestly confront life’s potential, according to the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
Back in 1990, we hadn’t discovered a single planet outside of our Solar System. Here are 10 facts that would’ve surprised every astronomer.
Earth is actively broadcasting and actively searching for intelligent civilizations. But could our technology even detect ourselves?
A 71% wet Mars would have two major land masses and one giant ‘Medimartian Sea.’
The most unique interloper into our Solar System has a natural explanation that fits perfectly — no aliens required.
Research from NASA reveals Mars’ spectacular volcanic past.
The mediocrity principle is often used to make claims about the abundance of life across the universe, but these claims are likely unfounded.
An emerging field studies parasites that take over the nervous system of a host.