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And after years of mystery, we finally know where they come from. Here on Earth, thunderstorms and accompanying lightning strikes represent tremendous releases of energy. It was way back in 2011 […]
Psychologists are finding that moral code violations can leave an enduring mark — and may require new types of therapy.
For relatives who live far apart, holiday rituals may be the glue that holds the family together.
We have two descriptions of the Universe that work perfectly well: General Relativity and quantum physics. Too bad they don’t work together.
The strangest thing about trying to predict the future is that our only clues lie in the past.
From the Notre Dame to Buddhist statues, dozens of irreplaceable artifacts are destroyed every year by both man and nature.
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 […]
Our minds seem both physical and intangible. That paradox has gripped this neuroscientist since childhood.
The idea of “absolute time” was our default for millennia. But time is relative, as gravity and motion both cause time to dilate.
The beauty of this magical medicine called silence is that it is available to all of us, even in cities, if only we care to listen.
Once limited in range, mass hysteria can now spread across the globe in an instant.
More evidence that we’re drowning in microplastic particles.
Smart bandages quickly identify antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and normal bacteria, in owies.
Binary black holes eventually inspiral and merge. That’s why the OJ 287 system is destined for the most energetic event in history.
According to literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin, Dostoevsky’s talents were on par with those of William Shakespeare.
Just 12 million light-years away, the galaxies Messier 81 and 82 offer a nearby preview of the Milky Way-Andromeda merger.
In 1995, Hubble peered at the Pillars of Creation, forever changing our view. Now in 2022, JWST completes the star-forming puzzle.
If you truly want to understand modern astrophysics, knowing how to read this graph is essential.
Ingenuity is remarkable. But these 5 exploration ideas are revolutionary. Telescopes are our initial tools for revealing and studying foreign worlds. Hubble images of Mars, particularly around the regions with […]
In the expanding Universe, different ways of measuring its rate give incompatible answers. Nobel Laureate Adam Riess explains what it means.
If you go young, blue, and massive, you top out at 50,000 K. That’s peanuts! Surprise! The biggest, most massive stars aren’t always the hottest. Although its neighbor, Messier 42, […]
New research suggests that there is no “typical” form of Alzheimer’s disease, as the condition can manifest in at least four different ways.
Awe is a powerful force, a fact that is both exciting and terrifying.
With 1550 distinct type Ia supernovae measured across ~10 billion years of cosmic time, the Pantheon+ data set reveals our Universe.
Serving as the inspiration for the modern horror classic “The Blair Witch Project,” what does our fascination with this unsolvable mystery tell us about our modern psyche?
Quantum mechanics + consciousness: There is nothing better than mixing two great mysteries to produce an even bigger one.
Many galaxies really are ultra-distant, but some are just intrinsically red or dusty. Only with spectroscopy can JWST tell which is which.
How our fantasy world of the past has become everyday reality.
Terrified of blushing? You might have erythrophobia.