Our huge, expanding Universe may truly be infinite. But if the set of possible quantum outcomes is also infinite, which “infinity” wins?
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Setting resolutions for the new year means you think the future is up to you — but is it?
In tough competitions, men tend to give up early when they feel a low sense of control. Testosterone eradicates that effect.
Scientists use tripping rats to show that LSD disrupts communication between two key brain regions.
What we’ve seen isn’t necessarily what we get, but the most common world doesn’t look like ours. There’s a very common myth out there in astronomy: the idea that the Sun […]
If the electromagnetic and weak forces unify to make the electroweak force, maybe, at higher energies, something even grander happens?
Black holes are the darkest objects of all. But are they made of dark matter? When it comes to the Universe, few objects are more compelling, fascinating, or extreme than black […]
For many, it was just a successful launch like any other. But for scientists around the globe, it was a victory few dared to imagine.
To reap the benefits of digital technologies, we must contend with their addictive designs.
A unique exoplanet without clouds or haze was found by astrophysicists from Harvard and Smithsonian.
When you mix science with speculation, you get speculation. But the underlying science is still real. Whenever you hear the phrase, “it’s just a theory,” it should trigger alarm bells in […]
Have any of the stars we can see burned themselves out completely? When we look out across the Universe, we’re also peering back in time. In the early 21st-century, we’ve […]
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 […]
Even after our merger with Andromeda, we might retain our spiral shape for trillions of years. You probably don’t think about it very often, but the Milky Way galaxy won’t remain […]
It might seem like science and faith are at war, but the two have a historical synergy that extends back in time for centuries.
Betelgeuse, the tenth brightest star in the night sky, mysteriously dimmed last year. Now researchers know why.
Scientists with the the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Legacy Imaging Surveys spent six years creating a detailed map of more than 1 billion galaxies.
A revolution of the mind must occur in order for humanity to succeed on a finite planet.
Eight-eyed arachnids can tell when an object’s movement is not quite right.
Once only dark energy remains, empty space still won’t be completely empty. Imagine, if you dare, the very end of the Universe. The stars — past, present, and future — have all burned out. […]
From succubi to aliens, stories of abductions or other unsettling encounters have been with us for millennia. What explains them?
Astronomer Michelle Thaller schools us on what atoms really look, the Big Bang theory, and the speed of light.
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Recent claims put LK-99 as the first room temperature, ambient pressure superconductor ever. Has the game changed, or is it merely hype?
We just observed the first ‘lunar formation’ in an exoplanetary system. This one image, above, is the first to show moons actively forming around a planet. This colourful image shows […]
“Strategic ambiguity” has long been the West’s strategy on Taiwan.
The Bolsheviks may have created Ukraine’s current borders, but that doesn’t mean dismantling them is good for today’s Russia.
The microscopic tardigrades are an elusive species. Fossils are rare, but each new find adds a piece to their unsolved evolutionary puzzle.
Light therapy might help your natural circadian rhythm and even stave off seasonal depression.
Olive oil leads to the discovery of a law that applies to atoms, superconductors, and even high energy physics.