In the spirit of the 1969 moon landing, we now have a golden opportunity to pursue “nondisruptive” creative solutions.
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Computers are growing more powerful and more capable, but everything has limits
We could even benefit from more whataboutisms — if they’re used properly.
This biochemist is determined to create a new life form by reversing the shape of molecules.
Individual space telescopes, like Hubble and JWST, revolutionized our knowledge of the Universe. What if we had an array of them, instead?
An optical telescope with a massive 20-foot (6-meter) mirror has an eye-popping price tag of $11 billion.
Besides offering an incredibly cool way to get stuff into space, SpinLaunch promises to reduce the cost of a launch by 20-fold.
Some patients wait over 5 years for a liver transplant.
“It’s a big resource in the way the human genome is a big resource, in that you can go in and do discovery-based research.”
“Personhood” credentials could cleanse the internet of bots — but are the costs worth it?
The color of the shirt you’re wearing right now depends on many factors, from your eye shape to what language you speak.
The answer to this question is key to understanding why anything exists.
The American author said he attempted to bring scientific thinking to literary criticism, but received “very little gratitude for this.”
In our competitive world, fortune does not appear to favor the humble — but a strong counter-narrative is emerging.
We need more data centers for AI. Developers are getting creative about where to build them.
Often viewed as a purely theoretical, calculational tool only, direct observation of the Lamb Shift proved their very real existence.
Move over, IC 1101. You may be impressively large, but you never stood a chance against the largest known galaxy: Alcyoneus.
If the electromagnetic and weak forces unify to make the electroweak force, maybe, at even higher energies, something even greater happens?
This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
How Stacy Madison — founder of Stacy’s Pita Chips and BeBOLD Foods — discovered that reinvention is not a one-off deal but an ongoing process.
In terms of the planets we’ve discovered, super-Earths are by far the most common. What does that mean for the Universe?
Why, exactly, don’t you trust that person’s opinion?
The photometric filters for the Vera Rubin Observatory are complete and showcase why they are indispensable for astronomy.
Spotty connectivity isn’t going to jeopardize Ukraine’s drone attacks.
The discovery of ultra-bright, ultra-distant galaxies was JWST’s first big surprise. They didn’t “break the Universe,” and now we know why.
On larger and larger scales, many of the same structures we see at small ones repeat themselves. Do we live in a fractal Universe?
Experts answer 10 big questions about the nightmare scenario that could send us back to the pre-Space Age.
Smart investors recognize that the stock market doesn’t exist in a vacuum.
