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 […]
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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 […]
Fear of being scammed can lead us to make decisions that go against our values and goals — both as individuals and as a society.
Few scientific ideas have been as polarizing as string theory. There are good reasons to both love it and hate it. String theory is perhaps the most controversial big idea in […]
A microbial organism pulls electricity from water in the air.
Researchers discover how to use light instead of electricity to advance artificial intelligence.
Why do we deprive students of the historical and cultural context of science?
Astronomers release new data to challenge claims about the mysterious Planet Nine.
A supernova exploded near Earth about 2.5 million years ago, possibly causing an extinction event.
How to deal with “epistemic exhaustion.”
An archaeologist considers the history and biology of what defines a taste of home.
The environmental benefits of the coronavirus pandemic are only temporary, warns the head of the UN Environment Programme.
Never made a turkey before? Don’t worry, science can help.
Mosquitoes can taste your blood using unique sensory abilities. Can we use that to keep them off us?
According to international law, the seabed belongs to everyone.
The double-slit experiment, all these years later, still holds the key mystery at the heart of quantum physics. When we divide up matter into the smallest possible chunks that it’s made […]
Despite its changing shape and its unprecedented dimming, a supernova this year, decade, or even century is highly unlikely. For months, skywatchers have enjoyed a view of the night sky […]
There are ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way, and ~2 trillion galaxies in the visible Universe. But what if we aren’t typical?
Everybody wins, everybody loses, or something in between.
Identifying primordial ripples would be key to understanding the conditions of the early universe.
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 […]
An Oxford scientist’s controversial theory rethinks dark matter and dark energy.
Russian astrophysicists propose the Casimir Effect causes the universe’s expansion to accelerate.
When the supernova occurs, a whole slew of signals will arrive at once. But there’s one hint that could successfully warn us in advance. As Betelgeuse continues to vary in brightness […]
There’s real, straightforward science behind the destruction of an Alderaan-sized planet. In all of science fiction, perhaps the most iconic moment of destruction occurs in 1977’s Star Wars: A New […]
Psychedelic therapy will become legal in Oregon in 2023. That’s thanks largely to a renaissance of psychedelic research that’s changing attitudes on the substances’ medical potential.
Sure, cosmic inflation has its detractors. But it also has something no alternative possesses: predictions and tests. Perhaps the most compelling part of any remarkable story is its origin: how it […]
Your morning coffee is good for you – if you drink it at the right time.
Jonathan Berman wants us to have better dialogues.