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All the answers may lie at the center of a “regular” black hole.

A newly discovered phenomenon shows that humans communicate outside of mere auditory and visual modes.

Forty percent of Americans get less than seven hours of sleep per night. But there’s another key ingredient we’re missing: dreams.

The speed of light is a universal constant, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that light always travels at that speed, does it? “There was a young lady named Bright,Whose speed was […]

Most stars obey very similar rules, making them almost entirely predictable. But then, there are the weirdos. Catch this live-blog event to learn more. When we look out at the Universe […]

For the first time, I genuinely enjoyed the new series. There’s been one question that’s bothered me in every episode since Star Trek: Discovery began: why would anyone want to be […]

During the second string revolution, in 1995, physicists proposed that the five consistent string theories are actually only different faces of a unique theory.

If atmospheric hazes can cool the distant ice dwarf by an extra 30 degrees Celsius, maybe we can geoengineer a solution to our warming problem? When NASA’s New Horizons flew by […]

The first stars formed almost half a billion years before we could see their light. Here’s why. At the moment of the Big Bang, the Universe was full of matter and […]

New infographics present the latest data on ecstasy impurity in the United States. 

It’s a fascinating idea, but how does it fare as a scientific theory? “Something is happening here and this is going to have an impact.” –Robert Dijkgraaf, on Verlinde’s work The […]

It isn’t just supernovae or neutron star collisions that make the heaviest elements. The physics might surprise you! “Comrades, this man has a nice smile, but he’s got iron teeth.” –Andrei A. […]

Scientific studies have been inconclusive when it comes to the cognitive effects of sugar. Some suggest that sugar has positive effects on brain function while others disagree.

Imagine data delivered by light. This is an important benchmark toward the development of a whole new computer.   

If you thought all we could see is all that’s out there, prepare to rethink everything you knew. “It’s hard to build models of inflation that don’t lead to a multiverse. […]

It isn’t the rapture or some crazy prophesy, but science, that tells us when and how the end will come. “The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic […]

Turns out, organisms may be using quantum mechanics to gain evolutionary advantages.   

A theory proposes that the universe is not speeding up in its expansion but that time is actually slowing down.

It’s more accurate than an atomic clock, and would take thousands of years to lose a second. 

One researcher called it “the ultimate in the miniaturization of machinery.”  

Harnessing the power of photosynthesis may be able to produce all the hydrogen for energy we need.

Scientists come up with an explanation for the strange dimming of Tabby’s star and it doesn’t involve aliens.

While it’s reasonable to trust that science will eventually answer our unsolved questions, assuming that it has all of the answers right now is not.

Many sci-fi technologies will remain in the realm of fiction unless physics changes. But some experiments could uncover just that! “Imagination makes us aware of limitless possibilities. How many of us […]

A physicist demonstrates how life may be a predictable product of thermodynamics.

A Clinton Global Initiative event at Northeastern University highlights the work of its alums.

Drop a chunk of sodium metal into water, and a violent reaction ensues. But it’s more than just chemistry at play. “Chlorine is a deadly poison gas employed on European battlefields […]

The medal-winning Norwegian team had a most unusual explanation for why their speed skaters wore blue. Is there any science to back it up? Every four years, the Olympics come around, […]

If December’s best natural sky show seems to get better every year, it isn’t your imagination. It’s science, and it’s spectacular! Every year, the Earth travels some 940 million kilometers […]

Weatherman Alan Sealls of WKRG in Mobile, Alabama knows how to explain Hurricane Irma.