“Strategic ambiguity” has long been the West’s strategy on Taiwan.
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We just observed the first ‘lunar formation’ in an exoplanetary system. This one image, above, is the first to show moons actively forming around a planet. This colourful image shows […]
Once only dark energy remains, empty space still won’t be completely empty. Imagine, if you dare, the very end of the Universe. The stars — past, present, and future — have all burned out. […]
The Bolsheviks may have created Ukraine’s current borders, but that doesn’t mean dismantling them is good for today’s Russia.
Astronomer Michelle Thaller schools us on what atoms really look, the Big Bang theory, and the speed of light.
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The microscopic tardigrades are an elusive species. Fossils are rare, but each new find adds a piece to their unsolved evolutionary puzzle.
Spicy foods are enjoyed the world over, but scientists don’t know why people partake in culinary masochism.
Pseudoscience is science’s shadow.
By challenging your preconceptions, art offers a framework by which you can solve problems.
To enable us to read, the brain piggybacks on other cognitive processes.
Jupiter’s mysterious auroral events are caused by vibrating waves of plasma.
Forget these scientific myths to better understand your brain and yourself.
Light therapy might help your natural circadian rhythm and even stave off seasonal depression.
Olive oil leads to the discovery of a law that applies to atoms, superconductors, and even high energy physics.
Every proton contains three quarks: two up and one down. But charm quarks, heavier than the proton itself, have been found inside. How?
Fossils depicting animals in action are very rare.
Watch the plasma slide down the prominence like a roller coaster! Our Sun, despite it’s outward appearance as a perfectly hot sphere, is anything but uniform. When take a closer look […]
This is a time for family and friends to gather, watch the full moon and eat mooncakes and other delicacies.
Our temporal experience of the world is not divided into a series of neat segments, yet that’s how we talk about time.
The mediocrity principle is often used to make claims about the abundance of life across the universe, but these claims are likely unfounded.
The drive would provide enough thrust for a spacecraft to travel near the speed of light using only electricity, says physicist Jim Woodward.
Astronomers spot periodic lights coming from near the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
The answer to this question depends on how you define “freedom.”
Every star we can see, including our sun, was born in one of these violent clouds.
Three of our dimensions are spatial and one is temporal, but could there be more? From any point in space, you are free to move in any direction you choose. No […]
We’re still not sure what the ultimate question is. Here are 5 excellent candidates. One of the most amusing stories in all of science fiction is Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s […]
Congratulations to Penrose, Ghez and Genzel, and to black hole enthusiasts everywhere. On October 6, 2020, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded towards research in black holes. 50% of […]
They’re not just a theoretical prediction of quantum gravity. They should be detectable, too. The Universe, if you look at it closely and carefully enough, is fundamentally quantum in nature. […]
A new model addresses a longstanding problem: where do quasars get the fuel they need to outshine entire galaxies?