All telescopes are fundamentally limited in what they can see. JWST reveals more distant galaxies than Hubble, but still can’t see them all.
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Cats twist and snakes slide, exploiting and negotiating physical laws. Scientists are figuring out how.
The world is aging, and with age comes vision decline. New research may have found how to improve eyesight in an accessible way.
Let’s hope that squid don’t evolve lungs and legs, or humanity might be in real trouble.
From “Thompson’s violinist” to the “Experience Machine,” these thought experiments will throw your mind for a loop.
At a fundamental level, only a few particles and forces govern all of reality. How do their combinations create human consciousness?
Like Dua Lipa, he had to create new rules.
Sun-like stars live for around 10 billion years, but our Universe is only 13.8 billion years old. So what’s the maximum lifetime for a star?
Voyager 2 flew past Uranus in 1986, finding a bland, featureless world. Now, in 2023, JWST’s sights are similar. There’s a reason for that.
In logic, ‘reductio ad absurdum’ shows how flawed arguments fall apart. Our absurd Universe, however, often defies our intuitive reasoning.
An X-ray offers a glimpse into the painter’s early years.
Local researchers identify a striking rainbow-colored fairy wrasse found off the coast of the Maldives as a fish species all its own.
What creates our private, inner universes is still a mystery.
Lots of people have seen lots of bizarre events and phenomena that defy our conventional experience. But is there a scientific explanation?
Once at the pinnacle of Amsterdam’s art scene, Rembrandt van Rijn eventually found himself outcompeted by his own students.
An argument for emphasis on subjective experience.
Most of us have heard that the Sun is an ordinary, typical, unremarkable star. But science shows we’re actually anything but average.
Lab experiments showed Caribbean box jellyfish are quick studies of their environment.
The richness and variety of America’s food landscape, in a buffet of maps.
Practically all of the matter we see and interact with is made of atoms, which are mostly empty space. Then why is reality so… solid?
Uncertainty is inherent to our Universe.
The evolution of quantum technology is far from over.
Like sneaking veggies into dessert, these board games teach STEM, strategy, and executive functions through the joys of play.
The 1,200-year-old “Book of Ingenious Devices” contains designs for futuristic inventions like gas masks, water fountains, and digging machines.
A medical entomologist points to metabolism, body odor, and mindset.
Solving difficult visual puzzles seems to help the brain “rewire” itself by forming new neural pathways.
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter recently captured images that could help scientists better under the mysterious physics of our Sun.
Is it better to be the oldest sibling, the youngest, or in the middle?