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Subtle clues emerge ahead of the attack via changes in scent.
There are a few clues that the Universe isn't completely adding up. Even so, the standard model of cosmology holds up stronger than ever.
Interventions can make the most difference when Alzheimer’s is detected early.
Philosopher Lee McIntyre discusses the dangers of disinformation, how such falsehoods spread, and what we can do about it.
With ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way and 6-20 trillion galaxies overall, that makes for a lot of stars. But not as many as you'd think.
The brain implant lets her talk four times faster than the previous record.
Experts say it’s likely space junk—and there’s plenty more where that came from.
Today's popular weight-loss drugs could soon be joined by brain stimulation and gene therapies.
The biggest, brightest galaxies are the easiest to spot, but the tiniest ones teach us about how the Milky Way assembled and grew up!
American students are being compelled to specialize earlier and earlier. Here's what it takes to build a successful physics foundation.
Art isn't a side note in human history; it's the main text.
A clock, designed and built in Europe, ran hopelessly at the wrong rate when brought to America. The physics of gravity explains why.
The polymath used science to elevate his art.
Positron emission tomography (PET) scans use positrons — the antimatter equivalent of an electron — to locate cancer in the body.
Can quantum computers do things that standard, classical computers can't? No. But if they can calculate faster, that's quantum supremacy.
When the average person has a "theory," they're just guessing. But for a scientist, a theory is the pinnacle of what we can achieve.
The "Ring Nebula," known for almost 250 years, is so much more than a Ring. With JWST's capabilities, we're seeing more than ever before.
By looking down, scientists are looking back in time.
Life in the supremely vast cosmos is incredibly rare. We need a new vision for our living planet and for ourselves.
"They decreased their drinking to the point that it was so low we didn’t record a blood-alcohol level."
AI is helping us replace petrochemicals with natural enzymes.
The Universe isn't just expanding, the expansion is also accelerating. If that's true, how will the Milky Way and Andromeda eventually merge?
Despite the vast number of planets in the Universe, Earth's specific evolutionary history guarantees that its life forms — including humans — are utterly unique.
The history of cartography might have been very different if the Latin version of Muhammad al-Idrisi's atlas had survived instead of the Arabic one.
Predictive power has perverse, anti-democratic consequences. So be a good citizen and lie to election pollsters.
Time to rewrite our understanding of structural engineering.
As the Manhattan Project headed for completion, German attempts to build a nuclear weapon had already been dismantled.
The first observational evidence showing the Universe is expanding is 100 years old now: in 2023. Here's the story of its 100th anniversary.
How fast is the Universe expanding? Two major methods disagree. New JWST data, just released, strengthens this Hubble tension even further.