NASA is close to testing its next-generation nuclear fission reactors that would power a Mars colony and propel space exploration.
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Gravitational waves and spacetime ripples have so much more to do with the Universe than just merging black holes. “The years of searching in the dark for a truth that one […]
University of Houston researchers discover a catalyst that may make commercial-scale hydrogen extraction from water possible.
How precise can measurements get? Imagine accurately measuring a quartz crystal with merely a few photons.
Never heard of SKA, the square kilometer array? Once it starts taking data, you’ll never forget it. “Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for […]
If we see an atomic nucleus decay in a particular way, it means the Universe is fundamentally different from how we see it today. “There are several categories of scientists in […]
This research may help us develop diamonds for products and better understand nuclear fusion.
With a journey of 130 million light years, both signals should move at the speed of light. So why did one get here first? On August 17, after a journey taking […]
People are snorting chocolate in Europe and now in America.
What’s really involved in snuffing out a country’s nuclear capabilities—and is that the right war to be waging?
Chemists are surprised to find that berkelium electrons seem to live outside of quantum mechanics.
Researchers succeed in an 80-year-old quest to find the elusive “angel particle”.
“These facts have been presented time and again, year after year, for decades,” DiCaprio says. “Quite simply, we are knowingly doing this to ourselves.”
Neuroscientists discover networks of neurons that stretch or compress their activity to control timing Anne Trafton | MIT News Office Timing is critical for playing a musical instrument, swinging a […]
“Space-time is not as static as it appears, it’s constantly moving,” one researcher said.
It could be on the market in about five years.
A new study offers a theory of how the Universe was filled with visible light, up to a billion years after the Big Bang.
For the first time, the gravitational wave sky and the astronomical sky might be coming together. It’s a new era, at long last. “Presently thought to be the most powerful explosions […]
The technology behind wireless charging or inductive charging was discovered by Nikola Tesla in the 1890s and utilizes an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. In chargers, an […]
The study may help us develop a new biomarker for obesity and even type 2 diabetes.
Brown dwarfs are the ultimate failed stars, but they might not remain as failed forever. “[Brown dwarfs] appear to live a more exciting life than we presumed. They are too big […]
For every planet that orbits a star like our own, there are likely thousands of ‘orphan planets’ wandering the galaxy alone. Here in the Solar System, we can watch our star’s […]
What would energy without a particle to attach itself to even look like? “It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on […]
Something’s got to be wrong. But is it what we think about the star, the Universe, or something else? “The older you get, the more you realize that the way […]
Bullshit greases the wheels of sociability. Questioning bullshit can be a sure way to lose friends and alienate people.
Lord Rees on “speculative physics,” the limits of the observable universe, and more.
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BICEP2 scientist Brian Keating’s new book is honest and insightful, but just as notable for what it fails to recognize. Imagine what it’s like to be a scientist working on […]
“The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think,” Albert Einstein said. So go back to school, Ivy League style.
The link between sugar and cancer just got stronger.