There are two conceptions of free will: “straight” and “mixed.”
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The first Earth-sized planet without a parent star has just been discovered. For countless millennia, planets beyond our Solar System were mere speculation. Today, we know of over 4,000 confirmed […]
Cars are no longer just a way to get from A to B.
Telescopes from the ground are bigger, but have to fight the atmosphere. Here’s how to win. In astronomy, seeing farther and fainter than ever before requires three simultaneous approaches. First light, […]
For millennia, diamonds were the hardest known material, but they only rank at #7 on the current list. Can you guess which material is #1?
From wearable electronics to microscopic sensors to telemedicine, new advances like graphene and supercapacitors are bringing “impossible” electronics to life.
Another amazing tardigrade survival skill is discovered.
Compared to Earth, Mars is small, cold, dry, and lifeless. But 3.4 billion years ago, a killer asteroid caused a Martian megatsunami.
The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency.
One god stands for order, logic, and reason. The other stands for chaos, madness, and drunkenness. Nietzsche thinks you need both.
Saturn’s Iapetus, discovered way back in 1671, has three bizarre features that science still can’t fully explain.
Pando, which is Latin for “I spread,” is a single organism spanning some 106 acres.
If argumentation led to nothing, it would soon be thrown into the evolutionary dustbin.
If we want our conclusions to be meaningful, our data had better be robust. When it comes to the Universe, there’s a whole lot that doesn’t add up. All the matter […]
Two-thirds of romances start out as friendships.
The results of a recent study counter some common claims found in anti-immigration narratives.
Just being a pessimist, cynic, or apathetic doesn’t make you a nihilist.
Three decades after the demise of the GDR, its familiar contours keep coming back from the dead.
The majority of the matter in our Universe isn’t made of any of the particles in the Standard Model. Could the axion save the day?
Studies show that feelings of ease and comfort in a given situation are tied to feelings of authenticity.
Most people care what others think of them. In many situations, that can be leveraged for the common good.
In general, 5G is not a threat to human health or activities, but there are some legitimate questions about interference with airplane instruments.
From up close, the cracking sound of a thunderclap dominates. From far away, it’s more like a drawn-out rumble. Can science explain why?
The Sun produces a wide variety of particles and radiation throughout it, but all of its neutrinos are produced in the core: where nuclear reactions take place. The various reactions […]
Geologists discover a rhythm to major geologic events.
There are a few clues that the Universe isn’t completely adding up. Even so, the standard model of cosmology holds up stronger than ever.
Centuries ago, the plague forced people into quarantine for years. Isaac Newton and Galileo used the time to revolutionize the world.
The most massive nearby stars could be the seeds our supermassive black holes need. The problem with the Universe, as we see it today, is that we only get a snapshot […]
See the most detailed survey of the southern sky ever carried out using radio waves.
Technology has advanced at a blinding pace in the past 150 years. That won’t always happen.