The fear of deep bodies of water may be evolutionarily ingrained.
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We don’t know what causes Miyake events, but these great surges of energy can help us understand the past — while posing a threat to our future.
Bang bang all over the Universe.
Binary black holes eventually inspiral and merge. That’s why the OJ 287 system is destined for the most energetic event in history.
We knew we’d find galaxies unlike any seen before in its first deep-field image. But the other images hold secrets even more profound.
Once students master the basics of math, they are allowed to use calculators. The same should be true of writing and ChatGPT.
Astronomers in 2017 caught an image of a supermassive black hole in a galaxy far, far away. Doing it in our own galaxy is a huge milestone.
The Universe is 13.8 billion years old, going back to the hot Big Bang. But was that truly the beginning, and is that truly its age?
The odds are slim, but the consequences would be devastating. Here’s what would happen, plus how to avoid it.
For decades, theorists have been cooking up “theories of everything” to explain our Universe. Are all of them completely off-track?
Queen Calafia seems like she could have sprung from the pages of a modern fantasy novel.
In the philosophy of Star Wars, the Sith are evil because they surrender to passion. But is a life of total rationality a “good” life?
In 1924, sociologist and social reformer Caroline Bartlett Crane designed an award-winning tiny home in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Slimy biofilms made up of bacterial and eukaryotic life forms have taken over an abandoned, flooded uranium mine in Germany.
The natural wonders of Mauritius include the spectacular sight of an underwater waterfall. Here’s the science of how it works.
The first supernova ever discovered through its X-rays has an enormously powerful engine at its core. It’s unlike anything ever seen.
Nearly 200 orbital launches are scheduled for 2022.
For J.R.R. Tolkien, the single most important element of a fairy tale was the dramatic reversal of misfortune in the story’s ending.
Starting just about now, leaves start changing color from north to south, high to low, light to dark.
Earth is the Solar System’s only known inhabited planet. Could Venus, if its phosphine signal is real, be our second world with life?
No matter what physical system we consider, nature always obeys the same fundamental laws. Must it be this way, and if so, why?
Many people out there, including scientists, claim to have discovered a series of game-changing revolutions. Here’s why we don’t buy it.
Executive coach Jodi Wellman explains how to “make it to the end with no regrets.”
The last 70 years have taken us farther than the previous 70,000. But can we accomplish more than creating a record saying, “We were here?”
What do we mean by a black hole’s size? A photon sphere? The minimal stable orbit? The event horizon? The singularity? Which one is right?
Adolescents’ brains are highly capable, if inconsistent, during this critical age of exploration and development. They are also acutely tuned into rewards.
From time-traveling billiard balls to information-destroying black holes, the world’s got plenty of puzzles that are hard to wrap your head around.
Like ultra-hardy plants that thrive in harsh conditions, businesses that see crises as opportunities are likely to win in the long run.