The answer to the age-old philosophical question of whether there is meaning in the Universe may ultimately rest upon the power of information.
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Alibaba has played a key role in China’s meteoric economic rise.
Three of our dimensions are spatial and one is temporal, but could there be more? From any point in space, you are free to move in any direction you choose. No […]
Scientists do not know what is causing the overabundance of the gas.
Russia’s cyberattacks against Ukraine have been prolific and ongoing for several years. The future of war may begin in cyberspace.
Strange underwater icicles form in the Earth’s coldest regions and freeze living organisms in place.
All life forms, anywhere in our Universe, are chemically connected yet completely unique.
Sweden tops the ranking for the third year in a row.
What was the universe like one-trillionth of a second after the Big Bang? Science has an answer.
Our huge, expanding Universe may truly be infinite. But if the set of possible quantum outcomes is also infinite, which “infinity” wins?
A chemist explains the real reason your family dinner is such a risky ordeal.
What are schools for and who is leading the ship?
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When you bring two fingers together, you can feel them “touch” each other. But are your atoms really touching, and if so, how?
We once thought the Moon was completely airless, but it turns out it has an atmosphere, after all. Even wilder: It has a tail of its own.
Two types of leaves for two different drastic weather conditions.
Lots of people have seen lots of bizarre events and phenomena that defy our conventional experience. But is there a scientific explanation?
Venus has far more carbon dioxide in its atmosphere than Earth, which turned our sister planet into an inferno. But how did it get there?
Most things in the world can be seen in surprisingly different ways.
Shooting star or piece of space dust?
A mineral made in a Kamchatka volcano may hold the answer to cheaper batteries, find scientists.
Michio Kaku predicts, among other things, how we’ll build cities on Mars and why cancer will one day be like the common cold.
From high school through the professional ranks, physicists never tire of Newton’s second law.
A new tuna robot leads the way to more agile underwater robots and drones.
Researchers dramatically improve the accuracy of a number that connects fundamental forces.
By 2050, there may be more plastic than fish in the sea.
A study proposes that an ancient trading network, called the Hopewell tradition, may have been wiped out by what is known as a cosmic airburst.
65 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth. Not only did Jupiter not stop it, but it probably caused the impact itself.
Unlike the first Roaring Twenties, these won’t end with a Great Depression.
In general, 5G is not a threat to human health or activities, but there are some legitimate questions about interference with airplane instruments.