There’s a lot left to understand, ponder, and investigate. And there always will be. For hundreds of thousands of years — nearly all of human history — we had no definitive answers to some of […]
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Astronomers find these five chapters to be a handy way of conceiving the universe’s incredibly long lifespan.
The green market is growing exponentially. But will the U.S. seize the economic opportunity?
Ari Loeb, who suggested in 2018 that the mysterious object was an alien craft, is back to discuss the evidence.
If Arctic ice continues to melt at its projected rate, the bears will go extinct due to starvation by the end of the century according to a first-ever projected timeline.
You’d have to throw out a lot of known physics for this to even be a possibility. Here’s why. It’s an undeniable scientific fact that dark matter must exist in order […]
At just 3 solar masses, it eliminates the “mass gap.” Searching for black holes is one of the most difficult astronomical games a scientist can play. Emitting no light of their […]
A new study suggests that maintaining gut health to avoid diabetes may be little simpler than previously believed.
The last image puts it all in perspective. Compared to what we find in our Solar System, galaxies are truly enormous. The Sun may be 109 times the diameter of […]
The light we observe isn’t the same as the light that gets emitted. Here’s what causes it. The light you see, when you look out at the stars and galaxies that […]
Research shows that sparrows and other animals use plants to heal themselves.
Groundbreaking new research suggests gamma-ray bursts are caused by a star’s collapsing magnetic field.
There are ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way, and ~2 trillion galaxies in the visible Universe. But what if we aren’t typical?
Why do we deprive students of the historical and cultural context of science?
Just because an idea is fashionable doesn’t mean it’s relevant for our Universe. One of the greatest unsolved puzzles in all of science is dark energy. The Universe isn’t just […]
Everybody wins, everybody loses, or something in between.
Light therapy might help your natural circadian rhythm and even stave off seasonal depression.
A black hole punched a hole 15 Milky Ways across in a galaxy cluster’s gas, by far the largest ‘kaboom’ ever seen. The Universe, everywhere we look, is full of cataclysmic […]
A new device shows promising results in its ability to convert CO2 and water into useful fuels.
An archaeologist considers the history and biology of what defines a taste of home.
How to deal with “epistemic exhaustion.”
A supernova exploded near Earth about 2.5 million years ago, possibly causing an extinction event.
We might live in a quantum Universe, but we’ll violate the principle of relativity if space is discrete. If you try and divide matter into smaller and smaller chunks, you’ll […]
Never made a turkey before? Don’t worry, science can help.
Researchers discover how to use light instead of electricity to advance artificial intelligence.
Researchers propose a gravity-based system for long-term energy storage.
Mass determines a star’s fate… except when it doesn’t. Supernova events are common, visually spectacular astronomical cataclysms. In 1987, a supernova just ~168,000 light-years away was observed in the Large Magellanic […]
Mosquitoes can taste your blood using unique sensory abilities. Can we use that to keep them off us?