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The neutrino is the most ghostly, rarely-interacting particle in all the Standard Model. How well can we truly make “beams” out of them?
Death is the great and terrifying unknown, awaiting us all at the end of this life. Giving it a personality makes it easier to gaze upon.
Gladiators fought in rounds, and there were referees to enforce rules. Only rarely were gladiators killed.
At four million solar masses, the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole is quite small for a galaxy its size. Did we lose the original?
When you can’t enter flow, you can still lean on your internal rhythm.
Here’s the case for why science can’t keep ignoring human experience.
We are about to learn a lot more about the most elusive of cosmic particles.
In 1990, we only knew of the planets in our own Solar System. Today, the exoplanet count is more than 5000. Here’s what we’ve learned.
See the world through the eyes of a horse — or a cake pan.
Only Caesar lived to tell the tale.
Despite being the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury “only” reaches 800 °F at its hottest. Venus is always hotter, even at night.
Venus Life Finder could launch as early as 2023.
In terms of the planets we’ve discovered, super-Earths are by far the most common. What does that mean for the Universe?
We all have a place in our lives where we look the other way and pretend everything is fine. It’s a built-in excuse to act selfishly.
All life forms, anywhere in our Universe, are chemically connected yet completely unique.
2023 is an exciting time for the study of quark-gluon plasmas.
Scientists are probing the head games that influence athletic performance, from coaching to coping with pressure.
Chronotherapeutic drug delivery aims to maximize treatment effectiveness and minimize side effects.
Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is both completely normal and absolutely remarkable in a number of ways. Here’s the story of our cosmic home.
The discovery suggests that the “Boring Billion” period of evolution on Earth wasn’t so boring after all.
Researchers discovered a galactic wind from a supermassive black hole that sheds light on the evolution of galaxies.
The classic picture of Jupiter’s great rocky core might be entirely wrong.
The solution involves the infamous Navier-Stokes equations, which are so difficult, there is a $1-million prize for solving them.
For some reason, the charges on the electron and proton are equal and opposite, and their numbers are equal, too. But why?
Venerated astrophysicist Carl Sagan entertained the possibility.
For extraordinary long-term success in business we can look to insights from British Olympic cycling, Roger Federer and neuroeconomics.
The paper-thin device may also someday be used to stimulate bone growth.
The rise and fall of Josh Harris — the genius who anticipated the digital revolution just a little too soon.
There are pros and cons to sending interstellar messages to aliens that may or may not exist.