Lasers are all around you. This ubiquitous technology came from our understanding of quantum physics.
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In the 1970s, James Lovelock proposed that the biosphere was not just green scruff quivering on Earth’s surface. Instead, it managed to take over the geospheres.
By looking down, scientists are looking back in time.
Now they’re pointing the way to future battery technologies.
For some reason, when we talk about the age of stars, galaxies, and the Universe, we use “years” to measure time. Can we do better?
“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
Three fundamental forces matter inside an atom, but gravity is mind-bogglingly weak on those scales. Could extra dimensions explain why?
A community in Austin, Texas is using geothermal energy to keep homes warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
An incredible composite image of Pandora’s Cluster, Abell 2744, simultaneously showcases both our impressive knowledge and vast ignorance.
The site will be the first working example of a geological disposal facility.
Startup success can often hinge on a key lesson derived from behavioral science … and Jerry Seinfeld’s “Night Guy vs. Morning Guy” routine.
Much like energy and nutrients flow in a continuous cycle between the elements of a natural ecosystem, a free flow of knowledge fuels the growth of a learning ecosystem.
The idea of gravitational redshift crossed Einstein’s mind years before General Relativity was complete. Here’s why it had to be there.
The LHC has a long, productive life ahead of it. An upgraded version, called the “High Luminosity LHC,” will be available in 2028.
Eric Olson — CEO and co-founder of Consensus — takes his cues from the university of legendary coaches.
Could Russia’s plan actually destroy demand for natural gas?
A long view of biological survival might point us to new possibilities for finding life elsewhere in the Universe.
In our common experience, you can’t get something for nothing. In the quantum realm, something really can emerge from nothing.
Particles are everywhere, including particles from space that stream through the human body. Here’s how they prove Einstein’s relativity.
The strongest tests of curved space are only possible around the lowest-mass black holes of all. Their small event horizons are the key.
Scientists still aren’t sure how they perform without those restorative Z’s.
The best evidence for dark matter is astrophysical and indirect. Do new lensing observations point to ultra-light, wave-like dark matter?
Slimy biofilms made up of bacterial and eukaryotic life forms have taken over an abandoned, flooded uranium mine in Germany.
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Barthes is dead — long live the artist.
The rapid crash of Nokia was triggered when key information gatekeepers became bottlenecks. Here’s the key lesson.
There are 40 billion billion black holes in the universe. Here’s how our Solar System stacks up against ten of them.
By looking outside the current wave of hype, we can create a framework for weighing up the practical impact of AI on any business.
Wind energy is one of the cleanest, greenest sources of power. But could it have the sneaky side-effect of changing the weather?