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It’s perhaps the most famous thought experiment in all of physics, but is full of popular myths and misconceptions. One of the most bizarre ideas about the quantum Universe is […]
If we are wreaking havoc on ourselves and the world, it is because we have become mesmerized by a mechanistic, reductionist way of thinking.
Astronomers propose a new location for the mysterious force that accelerates the universe.
For some philosophers, hope is a second-rate way of relating to reality.
There are three answers depending on what you consider the “edge,” but only two of them are known. If you were to go as far out into space as you can […]
It’s a pipe dream that violates the laws of physics, and not even quantum mechanics can give us a way out. One of the most fundamental rules of physics, undisputed since […]
It’s been spectacularly confirmed by observation, but theoretically, it couldn’t have been any other way. If the Sun were to spontaneously cease emitting light, we wouldn’t know about it for about […]
Carbon dating allows us to know exactly when ice was melted for drinking water in pre-Columbian America.
Surprising as it may seem, we are all very good at denial. Negation, however, is a different phenomena.
You might be inclined to modify gravity instead, but those ideas have grossly unequal evidence supporting them. What is it, exactly, that you’re supposed to do when the predictions of […]
A study published Friday tested how well 14 commonly available face masks blocked the emission of respiratory droplets as people were speaking.
Gain-of-function mutation research may help predict the next pandemic — or, critics argue, cause one.
MRI scans show that hunger and loneliness cause cravings in the same area, which suggests socialization is a need.
Complex organisms and living worlds couldn’t exist without these transitions. You couldn’t make the Universe we have today if everything were always the same. Although many philosophically favored the idea […]
Researchers explore the “complex web of connections” in your brain that allows you to make split second decisions.
Water may be far more abundant on the lunar surface than previously thought.
Out of all the galaxies we know, only a few little ones are missing dark matter. At last, we finally understand why.
You never know what you’re going to find when you look somewhere new for the first time. Approximately 4600 feet (1400 meters) underground, beneath the Italian mountain known as Gran Sasso, […]
Carbon nanotubes embedded in leaves detect chemical signals that are produced when a plant is damaged.
More than 70% of college students procrastinate
Only 17 years after its discovery have we learned we’re safe from asteroid Apophis. Ever since its 2004 discovery, asteroid 99942 Apophis has threatened planet Earth. Asteroid Apophis has been measured […]
Russian movies continue to be used as a mouthpiece for the country’s political leadership.
Reading code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers.
Watch as the small mirror joins millions of other pieces of space junk currently orbiting the planet.
Have we already found dark matter? It may be hiding in existing data, says a study.
A supernova exploded near Earth about 2.5 million years ago, possibly causing an extinction event.
To understand ourselves and our place in the universe, “we should have humility but also self-respect,” Frank Wilczek writes in a new book.
Astrophysics has probed a test of a fundamental law, ‘Lorentz invariance,’ well beyond the LHC’s limits. Einstein is still right. The greatest scientific legacy that Albert Einstein left us is this: […]
Astronomers find these five chapters to be a handy way of conceiving the universe’s incredibly long lifespan.