A growing body of research suggests COVID-19 can cause serious neurological problems.
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It’s a supergiant star in the final stage of its life, and it just dimmed by an enormous amount. What’s going on? When you take a look at the stars in […]
The present-moment awareness that stems from mindfulness practices may be the cost-effective tool that our society needs.
It’s 13.8 billion years old, with an uncertainty of just 1%. Here’s how. How old is the Universe? For generations, people argued over whether the Universe had always existed, whether it […]
A recent NIHR report found that students with previously low connectedness scores saw improvement in well-being and eased anxiety.
There’s some amazing science happening at the South Pole, but some very grandiose claims being made. What’s actually going on? For some of us, the idea of parallel Universes spark our […]
We may find signs of life a mere 31 light-years away.
There’s a million things we haven’t done. But just you wait. The Universe as we know it began some 13.8 billion years ago with the onset of the hot Big Bang. […]
LIGO just announced the second neutron star-neutron star merger ever seen in gravitational waves. It doesn’t match the first. On August 17, 2017, an event occurred that forever changed how we […]
Matter can indeed sprout out of nothingness, causing the universe to expand.
I’m not saying it’s not aliens, but it’s not aliens. When it comes to life in the Universe, we still have no definitive answer to the biggest question of all, “are […]
What happens when simulation theory becomes more than a fascinating thought experiment?
And how cutting just $1 billion per year in funding from NASA’s budget would be a catastrophe for science. When you think of the great cosmic beyond and what we know […]
Gravitational wave researchers observe black holes of different sizes colliding for the first time.
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An astrophysicist proposes new designs for stellar engines that can move a solar system.
Everyone loves a laugh now and then, except for most of the philosophers you’ve heard of.
The dream of an ‘Earth-like’ planet showcases our astrobiological ignorance. Over the past decade, our understanding of what planets exist around stars other than our own has exploded. The number […]
From outside a black hole, all masses take an infinite amount of time to cross the event horizon. How, then, can black holes grow? Every Milky Way-sized galaxy should contain hundreds […]
It’s one way to interpret recent X-ray data, but it conflicts with much, much better data we already have. Earlier this month, a new study came out claiming something shocking: perhaps […]
A popular and longstanding wave of thought in psychology and psychotherapy is that diagnosis is not relevant for practitioners in those fields.
A tourist generally has an eye for the things that have become almost invisible to the resident.
As we embrace green solutions, nuclear should absolutely be part of the equation. For thousands upon thousands of years, humans have been harnessing the power of nature to provide energy […]
After living through a terrible epidemic, two inventors have created a self-cleaning door handle.
In 774/775, tree rings show a spike in carbon-14 unlike anything else. At last, scientists think they know why. Every once in a while, science gives us a mystery that comes […]
The negative associations of introversion help to explain why loneliness now carries such social stigma.
In one of the ocean’s most lifeless places, scientists discover and resuscitate ancient organisms.
Humans are particularly prone to shiver when a group does or thinks the same thing at the same time.
Mexico City, already progressive, takes more steps to protect its LGBT+ citizens.
Opportunistic agility is running rampant among hackers and scammers.
Many of them are spinning at nearly the speed of light. When you do the math, there’s no other way it could have been. Take a look out there at the […]