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They may have arisen less than 200 million years after the Big Bang, but the Universe was a very different place back then. When you look out beyond the Milky Way […]
As the Event Horizon Telescope prepares to release its first results, we can expect not just one, but two black hole images. What does a black hole actually look like? For […]
NASA’s 28-year-old workhorse is still lighting up our knowledge and imagination of the Universe. A generation ago, Hubble opened its eyes on the great cosmic abyss: viewing the depths of […]
With every second that goes by, tens of thousands of star disappear from our reach. And it’s getting worse. It’s been nearly a century since scientists first theorized that the Universe […]
On January 20/21, half of Earth will experience a total lunar eclipse. For the first time in 19 years, this includes all of North and South America. When the Sun, Earth, […]
White-nose syndrome is nearly as lethal to bats as the Black Plague was for humans.
Quantum particles are mysterious and difficult to track down, but neutrinos may be the most elusive quantum particles yet. The facilities designed to observe neutrinos are feats of engineering, and what they hope to uncover is profound.
An upcoming experiment will test how well the nation can function on its internal internet.
A buzzworthy study looks at the strange actions of bees.
Do you have a magnetic compass in your head?
In cities, people tend to think of parks as dangerous.
Billions of years from now, dark energy will push the rest of the Universe out of reach forever. These galaxies will be the last to go. A look at the night […]
“Sea of Shadows” is a documentary you can’t afford to miss.
If you thought that diamonds were the hardest things of all, this will have you thinking again. Carbon is one of the most fascinating elements in all of nature, with chemical […]
Observations have been ruined; scientific satellites with the right-of-way have had to alter course. Here’s a how-to guide to doing better. In any field of business or industry, the prevailing rule […]
There are real problems that our society faces, and only through expert-level knowledge can we solve them. All across the country, you can see how the seeds of it develop from […]
fMRIs reveal that physics causes activity in some surprising areas of the brain.
In physics, anything that isn’t forbidden must occur. So why don’t the strong interactions violate CP-symmetry? If you ask a physicist what the biggest unsolved problem facing the field today […]
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In 2008, Elon Musk explained which of history’s tech geniuses was his role model.
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“Dinner and drinks” may take on a new, more provocative meaning.
If virtue is insufficient temptation, then the internet makes sure we are never lacking.
FieldTrip is advancing the realm of clinical psychedelic testing.
The first in a three-part series on the history of research on the origin of life.
Inequality and racism are connected, but maybe not as much as you think.
“In so far as bodily movements build the brain, every movement a human makes matters.”