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God is not a vending machine, but is it wrong to treat him like one?
Today’s young people are intelligent and kind, but they are overworked and burned out.
The great hope is that beyond the indirect, astrophysical evidence we have today, we’ll someday detect it directly. But what if we can’t?
Without authenticity, curiosity, and risk-taking we get stuck in the mud — here’s how to make space for resilient progress.
Experiments on suborbital rockets are revealing how to make a better iron furnace.
Spirals, ellipticals, and irregulars are all more common than ring galaxies. At last, we know how these ultra-rare objects are made.
Skepticism is appropriate when gazing into the futurist’s crystal ball.
Astrophysicists once believed in a static Universe, containing only the Milky Way galaxy. Science definitively proved otherwise.
Ancient humans may have evolved to slumber efficiently — and in a crowd.
Your eyes are playing tricks on you.
Spiritual experiences can be explained in terms of a highly evolved brain. But they also can be extremely meaningful.
From gene expression to protein design, large language models are creating a suite of powerful genomic tools.
The polymath used science to elevate his art.
Do you really need a monstrous upbringing to make monsters?
A new study concludes that eating more carbohydrates reduces a person’s risk of major depressive disorder.
Bob Dylan gave us the paradoxical gem “there’s no success like failure, and failure’s no success at all.” He had a point.
Data scientists first gained prominence by making us click on ads — now the profession spans a multiverse.
We should not expect aliens to look anything like us. Creatures that resemble octopuses or birds or even robots are legitimate possibilities.
The term “zero-point energy” has at least two meanings, one that is innocuous and one that is a great deal sexier (and scammier).
Particle physicists use gigantic accelerators to investigate the infinitesimal.
Everything that gets heated up has to, somehow, radiate that energy away. Here’s what we see when that happens in the Universe.
Get the most out of your coffee.
Science fiction movies capture a classic human flaw: getting the future mostly wrong.
To be successful, leaders would be wise to remember that AI isn’t a replacement for people; it exists to enhance their capabilities.
Quelle horreur! Paris isn’t just a 15-minute city; it’s a five-minute city.
Forget billions and billions. When it comes to the number of galaxies in the Universe, both theorists’ and observers’ estimates are too low.
Over time, the Universe becomes less dominated by dark matter and more dominated by dark energy. Is one transforming into the other?
It’s not about particle-antiparticle pairs falling into or escaping from a black hole. A deeper explanation alters our view of reality.