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How Costa Rica achieved 100% renewable energy, and what it means.

NASA scientists discover what two places in the solar system might have favorable conditions for alien life.

If all we had were hydrogen and helium after the Universe were born, we wouldn’t be here today. “The discovery of deuterium and the marked differences in the physical and chemical […]

“We’re opening up a whole new territory of astronomy,” One NASA official said.   

If anyone can convince Donald J. Trump to take climate change seriously, it might be the US military.

Only two things will change the minds of science skeptics: appeals to their ego, or their wallets.

Don’t work with children or animals? Sir David Attenborough laughs in the face of danger.

Under President Trump, the state-level requirements mandating credit from utility companies for excess power sent back to the grid should survive.

The atoms, planets, stars, and even galaxies aren’t expanding, even though space is. How come? This article was written by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in quantum gravity […]

The ELT, at 39 meters in diameter, will dwarf everything that’s ever come before. “There are so many people who are arguing or fighting over issues which don’t have much relevance. […]

Either momentum truly is conserved and this isn’t a reactionless drive… or else. “The law of the conservation of momentum is the basis of the static thrust equation, the law of […]

Before the Big Bang… after the Big Freeze… will everything look the same? “What is wild cannot be bought or sold, borrowed or copied. It is. Unmistakeable, unforgettable, unshamable, elemental as […]

Where gravity comes from has been an utter mystery. String theory offers an explanation. 

But are any of these potentially Earth-like worlds actually inhabited? Here are the prospects. “It isn’t only the beauty of the night sky that thrills me. It’s the sense I […]

If it proves true, it could heal the rift between quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity.   

When a quantum interaction happens, one interpretation leads to an infinite number of parallel Universes. Here’s how that could be true. “As an analogy one can imagine an intelligent amoeba with […]

Before we go venturing off to another star to look for life, why not look here? “If I had to describe myself to an alien I’d say I was bigger than […]

The biological process they go through is similar to how yeast turns sugar into alcohol. 

How many calories are in human anyway?   

If you “know” the answer before you ever begin, you might as well not even try. “I have difficulty to believe it, because nothing in Italy arrives ahead of time.” –Sergio […]

We’re about to kick off the sixth great extinction event. And we’ll follow shortly after.   

Astronomers trace the origin of repeating radio bursts from deep space to a dwarf galaxy 3 billion light years away.

How a little knowledge can bring about some huge misconceptions… and how to fix it. “Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover […]

And what you can do to fight it. “October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every […]

Not faster than 299,792,458 m/s, but faster than light moves through anything other than vacuum! “You are both fools. You cannot see thoughts, or angels. One is an abstract, the other […]

Will this EU power be the first to prove that a modern, industrialized nation can make major shifts towards cleaner, greener energy without catastrophe?

One day, we might be able to say that the dog saved the cheetah from extinction.  

The cognitive boost of taking testosterone supplements has not been substantiated — but let’s face it, most men aren’t seeking a better memory when popping testosterone pills. 

Gravity is the oldest fundamental force ever discovered. Might it not be fundamental after all? “The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic […]

Scientists produce a value for the cosmic microwave background that will definitely prove or disprove that the speed of light used to be higher.