Smithsonian researchers identify an ocean zone with unique species living at the very edge of light.
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The tax coffers for the entire country will be growing rapidly, and citizens of Canada will be able to access what they need.
It was captured by the Parker Solar Probe, which is currently studying the star.
The psychological disconnect between humans and other animals puts all forms of life at risk.
The states with golden stars on them are extra intriguing.
Thanks to museum curators, there’s no shortage of the stuff.
Unwind the mind with these thought-provoking Alan Watts quotes.
Some opioid addicts are flying outside of the U.S. for addiction treatment using the psychedelic drug ibogaine. It has yet to be studied comprehensively, and it comes with its own set of risks.
A new report shows how legalizing marijuana nationally would likely be much more effective at curbing drug smuggling than building a border wall.
One moment, every particle in the Universe was massless. Then, they weren’t anymore. Here’s how it happened. In the earliest stages of the hot Big Bang, the Universe was filled […]
If emissions don’t go down, there’s still an option for combatting global warming. We just have to effectively dim the Sun. Global climate change is one of the most pressing long-term […]
Happy birthday to Pluto, discovered on this day in 1930. Pluto, first discovered in 1930, was no more than a distant dot in our most powerful telescopes. Clyde Tombaugh’s original images […]
It took hundreds of thousands of years to make atoms for the first time. If things were just a little different, it could have taken an eternity. When it comes […]
White dwarfs, neutron stars, and brown dwarfs aren’t actually stars at all. Here’s why. When it comes to stars, there’s a huge variety of different types out there. Our Sun is […]
Respected Oxford mathematician Roger Penrose sees swirls of radioactivity in a sky map as evidence that the Big Bang isn’t true. These “Hawking rings” suggest to him that the universe expands and collapses over and over.
The answer can give us an indication of where our universe is headed and how it might end.
New research suggests brains anticipate future events through a process called anticipatory timing.
Maura O’Connor discusses her new book, Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World.
Overspeciliazation may be hampering progress in the context of higher education and scientific research.
Research by neuroscientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory helps explain how the brain regulates arousal.
Three study participants described their own memories as almost completely lacking a first-person perspective or involving any sense of “re-experiencing.”
Hubble telescope celebrates 28 years of being a space sleuth with these dazzling images of the Lagoon Nebula, 4,000 light-years away.
The Polar Vortex was brutal, but not compared to the rest of the Universe.
Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has failed to adequately address human rights violations against the Rohingya in Myanmar, according to Canadian legislators.
A new book on the music distribution service claims it is.
This is what we’ve learned from first object ever discovered to enter our Solar System from interstellar space. Billions of years ago, our Solar System was an extraordinarily different place […]
Through calculated use of gossip, women, non-citizens, or slaves wielded a potent weapon against those who wronged them.
It’s perhaps the most famous equation of all, with lessons about reality for every one of us. If you’ve ever heard of Albert Einstein, chances are you know at least one […]
Long hidden under trees, it’s utterly massive.