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In the expanding Universe, different ways of measuring its rate give incompatible answers. Nobel Laureate Adam Riess explains what it means.
Moral panics about the content of children’s cartoons and other forms of entertainment have a long history.
Determining if the universe is infinite pushes the limits of our knowledge.
We’ve almost got the entire story. James Webb will put the last piece into place. In all of science, there are really only two ways that something can be “known” to […]
Smoke taint from wildfires is gross, even to wine amateurs.
A powerful new tool lights up the brains of worms, and may soon help draw maps of other animals brains.
At just 3 solar masses, it eliminates the “mass gap.” Searching for black holes is one of the most difficult astronomical games a scientist can play. Emitting no light of their […]
Is the Universe the same everywhere? Or are there truly ‘special places’ around? For practically all of human history, one assumption about our place in the Universe had long gone unchallenged: […]
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There will always be “wolf-criers” whose claims wither under scrutiny. But aliens are certainly out there, if science dares to find them.
Finding out we’re not alone in the Universe would fundamentally change everything. Here’s how we could do it.
2022 was another busy year in the realm of science, with groundbreaking stories spanning space, materials, medicine, and technology.
Crystallization is an entirely random process, so scientists have developed clever ways to investigate it at a molecular level.
To be successful at bonsai cultivation, you must acquire the perseverance and unconditional kindness normally reserved for devout monks.
Could the prevalence of flood myths around the world tell us something about early human migration or even the way our brains work?
No family is immune to money conflicts, no matter how much they love each other. Here’s what to look out for.
Get ready for the most peculiar road trip that will help you understand the vastness and emptiness of the solar system — and Sweden.
Sex can be a death trap even for modern toad and frog species.
Thich Nhat Hanh, the late Vietnamese monk, thought walking could be a profound contemplative practice.
Today, it’s common knowledge, but it took scientists centuries to figure out.
A new artificial intelligence method removes the effect of gravity on cosmic images, showing the real shapes of distant galaxies.
Yes, the Big Bang is real, but what about what came before? If you ask anyone about the origin of some phenomenon that we’ve observed, they’ll usually default to the same […]
Not only does this give us a look at the scaffolding of the universe, we found some new galaxies too!
A Carrington-magnitude event would kill millions, and cause trillions of dollars in damage. Sadly, it isn’t even the worst-case scenario.
Six authors, six monumental legacies, and a unique thread connecting them: a solitary novel that shines brightly.
From action shots to locking down the perfect lighting, you can master the art of photography with these online lessons.
Archaeologist Bernard Frischer spent decades uploading the ruins of the Eternal City to the cloud. Here’s what it looks like.
After more than two decades of precision measurements, we’ve now reached the “gold standard” for how the pieces don’t fit.