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Do they have real, observable effects, or are they merely calculational tools?
All marbled crayfish descended from a single clone discovered in Heidelberg, Germany in 1995.
Although everyone knows that coal-based energy is a thing of the past, declarations about nuclear power plants somehow do not want to enter into force.
An exclusive interview with physicist Lee Smolin reveals how abandoning Einstein’s dream may have been a terrible mistake.
Technology will not save the world, and it is inherently neither good nor bad. But, when tech is coupled to human virtue, good will prevail.
New mathematics have shown that lines of energy can be used to describe the universe.
Pluto failed to meet the definition of a planet, but some astronomers think there might be a legitimate Planet 9 out there.
Is it groupthink? Or is there a deeper reason? In the early half of the 20th century, even after the discovery of the expanding Universe, physicists considered a wide variety of […]
The controversial theory about magic mushrooms and human evolution gets a much-needed update.
Popular media often frame scientists as having a cold, sterile view of the world. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
Our huge, expanding Universe may truly be infinite. But if the set of possible quantum outcomes is also infinite, which “infinity” wins?
The answer to the age-old philosophical question of whether there is meaning in the Universe may ultimately rest upon the power of information.
Electricity from solar energy is the cheapest it’s ever been, thanks largely to technological improvements and policies that reduce the risk of investing in renewable energy. That’s one of the […]
In May 2018, the city of Paris set an ambition to be carbon-neutral by 2050.
The World Air Quality Index shows how clean your city’s air is, in real time.
The emergence of life in the universe is as certain as the emergence of matter, gravity, and the stars. Life is the universe developing a memory, and our chemical detection system could find it.
Civilization is facing an existential threat from climate change. Will we humans make it? Does anyone in the universe make it?
Alibaba has played a key role in China’s meteoric economic rise.
Lots of people have seen lots of bizarre events and phenomena that defy our conventional experience. But is there a scientific explanation?
The answer may depend on your lifestyle.
More than 150 companies are developing flying cars. Here’s why they’re aren’t yet off the ground and darting across city skies.
Although most of the Universe’s mass is dark matter, which gravitates just as well as normal matter, it still can’t make black holes.
Everyone has pondered what they would do with an extra hour a day. Would they get more sleep or spend more time with family? Spend time on a side project […]
We’ve already observed three cases where it’s happened. When you look at an object in space, it’s pretty easy to tell if it’s a star or a planet. Stars are […]
New chip eliminates the need for specific decoding hardware, boosting gaming systems, 5G networks, and more.
The paper-thin device may also someday be used to stimulate bone growth.
When you bring two fingers together, you can feel them “touch” each other. But are your atoms really touching, and if so, how?
Want to live 100+ years? You may need unusually good DNA repair.