As particles travel through the Universe, there’s a speed limit to how fast they’re allowed to go. No, not the speed of light: below it.
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In terms of the planets we’ve discovered, super-Earths are by far the most common. What does that mean for the Universe?
Mind Bank Ai is the newest entrant in an ambitious idea: using AI to create a kind of immortality.
Scientists confirm that slow blinks are an effective way to connect with a cat.
The father of all giant sea bugs was recently discovered off the coast of Java.
Think there are habitable super-Earths out there? Think again. Here in our Solar System, we have two very distinct types of planets: small, terrestrial, rocky worlds, with thin (or no) atmospheres […]
Once science operations begin for James Webb, we’ll never look at the Universe the same way again. Here’s what everyone should know.
How a study on worms pointed the way towards a treatment for dementia.
The biggest risk comes from doing nothing at all.
Nutrisystem is a smarter weight-loss program that users enjoy.
An overfished planet needs a better solution. Fortunately, it’s coming.
Big dreams and big telescopes are back at last, but everything depends on sufficiently funding NASA, the NSF, and the DOE.
The Hollywood blockbuster may have been right, if only 3.2 billion years off the mark.
Young people could even end up less anxiety-ridden, thanks to newfound confidence
From talking about Schrödinger’s cat to nuking the South Pole, this decades-old interview shows why Kaku was born to be a science educator.
And what can it teach us about our Solar System’s earliest days? In many ways, astronomy is unique among the sciences. In every other field, you have the ability to design […]
Solar geoengineering ideas could weaken storms in both hemispheres, scientists find.
Exploring how a small change in your DNA sequence can make you a natural blonde.
The survey, performed by Morning Consult and commissioned by Amazon, found a majority of those job seekers want to move into new industries to stay relevant.
The study identified superhabitable planets outside of our solar system.
We’re not made out of the densest elements, but we’re the densest planet nonetheless. Here’s why. Of all the planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids and more in the Solar System, only […]
By the end of the decade, we may discover one million black holes. A large enough mass in a compact volume inevitably forms a black hole. Both inside and outside the […]
Archaeology clues us in on the dangers of letting viruses hang around.
In 774/775, tree rings show a spike in carbon-14 unlike anything else. At last, scientists think they know why. Every once in a while, science gives us a mystery that comes […]
A tourist generally has an eye for the things that have become almost invisible to the resident.
While building a new airport, construction crews uncover a gigantic collection of ancient bones.
Those bananas you love are Cavendish bananas, and they’re probably about to go extinct.
The highest-energy particles of all come from space, not human-made colliders. When it comes to the most energetic particle collisions of all, you might think that the Large Hadron Collider […]
The brightest object in the night sky, our Moon is an unmistakable sight. The brightest object in the night sky, our Moon is an unmistakable sight. The Moon, in a […]