A century ago, electric cars were common. The fact that they were almost entirely replaced due to the internal combustion engine is a testament to the glacial pace of battery breakthroughs.
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Evolution repeatedly hit upon this solution simply because it works.
Humanity is in trouble. Here’s how aliens could help.
Measurements of the acceleration of the universe don’t agree, stumping physicists working to understand the cosmic past and future. A new proposal seeks to better align these estimates — and is likely testable.
It rotates on its axis, revolves around the Sun, moves throughout the Milky Way, and gets carried by our galaxy all throughout space.
“Spanish Stonehenge” contains 526 giant stones, three circular burial sites, a quarry, and four necropolises.
Just like with AI, people worried about job security and the spread of disinformation. Machines were destroyed and book merchants were chased out of town.
Could a theory from the science of perception help crack the mysteries of psychosis?
Why does the DMT experience feel so familiar to some people — even those who are trying the psychedelic for the first time?
Augmented reality (AR) contact lenses will project the digital world into our retinas, perhaps helping us navigate the metaverse.
The Solar System isn’t a vortex, but rather the sum of all our great cosmic motions. Here’s how we move through space.
The Universe certainly formed stars, at one point, for the very first time. But we haven’t found them yet. Here’s what everyone should know.
Despite all the challenges, Hubble has vindicated this discovery. Practically everywhere we look in the Universe, the large-scale objects that we see — small galaxies, large galaxies, groups and clusters of galaxies, […]
The most common element in the Universe, vital for forming new stars, is hydrogen. But there’s a finite amount of it; what if we run out?
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Organic molecules can be produced by living or non-living systems. But the recent findings are very intriguing.
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Everything is made of matter, not antimatter, including black holes. If antimatter black holes existed, what would they do?
Inventions with revolutionary potential made by a mysterious aerospace engineer for the U.S. Navy come to light.
Philosopher Lee McIntyre discusses the dangers of disinformation, how such falsehoods spread, and what we can do about it.
Time isn’t the same for everyone, even on Earth. Flying around the world gave Einstein the ultimate test. No one is immune from relativity.
“It is more human to laugh at life than to lament it.”
The modern attention economy hijacks our ability to focus, but an ancient technique offers a means to get it back.
Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki discusses the dangers of cynicism and how skepticism can invigorate our relationships and communities.
Meet the scientist mixing mentalism with principles from positive psychology and the science of human potential.
But it’s still challenging to build a 22,000-mile elevator.
In the earliest stages of the hot Big Bang, equal amounts of matter and antimatter should have existed. Why aren’t they equal today?
By the end of this decade, Seabed 2030 wants to produce accurate maps for the remaining 80 percent of the ocean floor.
Michio Kaku predicts, among other things, how we’ll build cities on Mars and why cancer will one day be like the common cold.
Comparing Elon Musk’s Mars rocket to NASA’s new ride.