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It is generally ineffective, occasionally poisonous, and driving numerous species to the brink of extinction.
The Universe is 13.8 billion years old, going back to the hot Big Bang. But was that truly the beginning, and is that truly its age?
A lucky discovery involving lithium-sulfur batteries has a legitimate chance to revolutionize how we power our world.
More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
“Stargate” could be used to train the world’s most powerful AIs.
The best evidence for dark matter is astrophysical and indirect. Do new lensing observations point to ultra-light, wave-like dark matter?
The laws of physics state that you can’t create or destroy matter without also creating or destroying an equal amount of antimatter. So how are we here?
Our Universe requires dark matter in order to make sense of things, astrophysically. Could massive photons do the trick?
The $21.5-billion project could involve tunneling hundreds of feet under Lake Geneva.
On the largest scales, galaxies don’t simply clump together, but form superclusters. Too bad they don’t remain bound together.
Some neuroscientists question whether the body can “keep score” of anything in a meaningful way.
With a bigger, better, and more sensitive detector, the XENON collaboration joins LZ and PANDA-X in constraining WIMP dark matter.
No. No no no. Just… no. The JWST has truly blown our scientific minds, but it’s a pure crackpot idea that the Big Bang is now disproven.
An army of replicators belonging to national laboratories, research universities, and amateur garages is rushing to replicate ambient superconductivity in LK-99.
From before the Big Bang to the present day, the Universe goes through many eras. Dark energy heralds the final one.
The recently discovered Oort cloud comet, Bernardinelli–Bernstein, has the largest known nucleus: 119 km. Here’s what it could do to Earth.
Modern cosmology conjectures different possible fates for the Universe and thus for the end of time. Details depend on which model is right.
We can’t go back to the Big Bang, nor ahead to the heat death of the Universe. Nevertheless, here are today’s natural temperature extremes.
The majority of the matter in our Universe isn’t made of any of the particles in the Standard Model. Could the axion save the day?
Some U.S. intelligence operatives have suggested foreign adversaries may be using “directed-energy” weapons against Americans.
Forget about the terawatt lasers we’re making on Earth. This natural one is thousands of times more powerful than the Sun.
Creativity and achievement require balancing hard work with the restful power of calm.
The most common element in the Universe, vital for forming new stars, is hydrogen. But there’s a finite amount of it; what if we run out?
The Reitoff principle gives us permission to “write off” a day and intentionally step away from achieving anything.
There are 40 billion billion black holes in the universe. Here’s how our Solar System stacks up against ten of them.
He lived with a tribe of hunter-gatherers to witness how an ancient culture survives one of the most brutal climates on Earth. His learnings may surprise you.
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