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The Apple Watch could soon take the pain out of monitoring blood sugar levels.
There are two fundamentally different ways of measuring the Universe’s expansion. They disagree. “Early dark energy” might save us.
Hybrid animals emerge when two different species from the same family reproduce. For many years, the kunga’s lineage was just another genetic mystery.
There are ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way, and ~2 trillion galaxies in the visible Universe. But what if we aren’t typical?
It’s literally the one and only trick that separates top-notch physicists from crackpots, dropouts, and those who can’t cut the mustard.
The surface of asteroid Bennu is more like a plastic ball pit than the Moon.
Since its observation discovery in the 1990s, dark energy has been one of science’s biggest mysteries. Could black holes be the cause?
From before the Big Bang to the present day, the Universe goes through many eras. Dark energy heralds the final one.
Want to write a time-travel story? Do so at your own risk.
Named M51-ULS-1b, it’s certainly a curious astronomical event. But the evidence is far too weak to conclude “planet.”
The deep-thinking oddballs of West Coast cycle racing valued mid-ride marijuana over sports science.
The ten greatest ideas in science form the bedrock of modern biology, chemistry, and physics. Everyone should be familiar with them.
“You gotta know when to fold ’em.”
Laser-guided lightning isn’t the only manmade way to create lightning.
How do these little beasties detect light anyway?
There are issues with Kinsey’s data, but his books revolutionized Americans’ thinking about sex and sexuality.
The key problem with the dark matter hypothesis is that nobody knows what form dark matter might take.
With a massive, charged nucleus orbited by tiny electrons, atoms are such simple objects. Miraculously, they make up everything we know.
A group of prominent scientists shares how research has changed them.
To answer any physical question, you must ask the Universe itself. But what happens when the answers aren’t around anymore?
Light-emitting tattoos could indicate dehydration in athletes or health conditions in hospital patients.
New research sheds light on the indoctrination process of radical extremist groups.
A relatively new interpretation of quantum mechanics asks us to reimagine the process of science itself.
We’re used to scientists telling us about the math and physics behind astronomical events. But what does studying space make us feel?
Neuroscientist and author Bobby Azarian explores the idea that the Universe is a self-organizing system that evolves and learns.
The familiar terrain of solids, liquids, and gases gives way to the exotic realms of plasmas and degenerate matter.
Even though the brain is only 2% of our total body mass, it consumes up to 25% of our energy.
Video games matter. Their continued technological and artistic development is reshaping the way we satisfy our ancient need to tell stories.