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The object, originally dubbed “Ultima Thule,” was renamed to “Arrokoth” due to the connection between the word “Thule” and the Nazis.
If there are cracks in Einstein’s theory, this is how to find them. Is Einstein’s most powerful theory, General Relativity, always correct? Or will there come a point where it breaks […]
The idea of ‘absolute time’ is an illusion. Physics and subjective experience reveal why.
In 1789, William Herschel discovered this unique moon around Saturn. 230 years later, its secrets are more promising than ever. Today marks the 230th anniversary of the discovery of Enceladus, one […]
“Nothing but naked people: fat ones, thin ones, old, young…”
If you were to compress the entire history of the Universe into one calendar year, everything we love happens on December 31st. Our Universe has been around for 13.8 billion years […]
Melting ice is turning up bodies on Mt. Everest. This isn’t as shocking as you’d think.
A completely unexpected discovery beneath the ice.
Scientists speculate that if life were to have spontaneously developed on Earth, the first thing there would need to be are vesicles.
Cheese is one of the latest products to be used to create biogas.
Why are soda and ice cream each linked to violence? This article delivers the final word on what people mean by “correlation does not imply causation.”
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Extraterrestrial life should arise fairly easily. But intelligence is another matter entirely. Planet Earth has been around for the past 4.5 billion years or so: about the last third of […]
A climate catastrophe 2 billion years ago almost ended life on Earth. Here’s the biggest lesson of all. Although it was more than 4½ billion years ago that planet Earth formed, […]
One of the scientists with the Viking missions says yes.
It’s strange to think that something that died 76m years ago plays a role in modern ecosystems, but life is opportunistic.
Your opinions about a large number of complex scientific issues are probably wrong. That’s why we have science. In 2016, an Italian virologist named Roberto Burioni was invited to appear on […]
Until about a decade ago, only two habitable zone planets of any size were known to astronomers: Earth and Mars.
Many people, including some scientists, fear that the coming 5G WiFi revolution will harm humans. Here’s why that’s unfounded. Over the coming few years, a new set of infrastructure will […]
We’re bored, and we’ve lost our ability to be awestruck and amazed. Let’s fix that.
The first wave of the retailer’s anticipated automated delivery fleet hits the sidewalks.
Fauna and flora refuse to go quietly into the Anthropocene.
The findings of the controversial study flew in the face of past research on ice gains in Antarctica.
The answer depends on how we choose to balance religious freedom, social inclusion, and the search for self-identity.
The past 300,000 years occurs in the blink of a cosmic eye, but it’s meant everything to humanity. The history of humanity was anything but inevitable. Although the Universe created […]
It might seem puzzling, in a Universe bound by the speed of light, that this could be true. Here’s the science behind it. If you look out into the distant Universe, […]
Only 8 worlds make the astronomical cut as planets. Here are the 10 fascinating bodies that didn’t make it. Astronomically, bodies within the Solar System must achieve three criteria in order […]
The building material seems so ubiquitous — what can we use in its place?
As Game of Thrones ends, a revealing resolution to its perplexing geography.