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Stars orbiting black holes were observed to move significantly slower than expected. One explanation centers on dark matter.
Voyager 2 flew past Uranus in 1986, finding a bland, featureless world. Now, in 2023, JWST's sights are similar. There's a reason for that.
Robots must identify themselves.
Most people care what others think of them. In many situations, that can be leveraged for the common good.
Eternal twilight.
When white dwarfs explode, they create a type Ia supernovae. After decades of following the leading theory, here's the complete overhaul!
In the beginning, genes weren't needed.
John Templeton Foundation
When someone attempts to make you afraid of something that hasn't happened instead of a true, present danger, suspect this nefarious ploy.
By studying the oldest animals, researchers hope to pinpoint factors affecting human longevity.
Leading a scientific revolution is easy: you just have to succeed where the current theory fails while equaling its successes. Good luck!
Most of us only ever see a fraction of a full rainbow: an arc. But optically, a full rainbow makes a complete circle. Physics explains why.
Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.
Scientists are finding tumor signals in spit that could be key to developing diagnostic tests for various types of cancer.
The next solar eclipse to occur over heavily populated areas is on April 8, 2024. For a spectacular show; here's where the best views are!
Modern robotics are creating a kind of cultural paradox, where the best religion is the one that eventually involves no humans at all.
A new AI lie detector can dive into their hidden thoughts and reveal “what language models truly believe about the world.”
Finding this missing piece of water’s path through the universe offers clues to how it came to be on Earth.
The study was small and didn't include a placebo group, but there is reason to believe that the drugs really do work.
A new study provides the most detailed look at brains on psychedelics to date.
Humanity can avoid catastrophe — if we look beyond our blinkered present.
Our huge, expanding Universe may truly be infinite. But if the set of possible quantum outcomes is also infinite, which "infinity" wins?
In order to figure out how English might evolve in the future, we have to look at how it has changed in the near and distant past.
Dig a 70-mile tunnel under the Bering Strait, and you get this amazing InterContinental Railway, which will reshape the world.
Psychedelics mess with our prior beliefs, and could help us see what forms these beliefs in the first place.
If the evolution of the Universe is a movie, what happens when we rewind it all the way backward?
Beer's flavor begins to change as soon as it is packaged. Are cans or bottles better at preserving flavor?
Steam cars hit the U.S. market in the 1890s but were largely extinct by the 1930s. Will technology bring them back?
Gamma-ray bursts are among the most energetic cosmic events of all. On October 9, 2022, a remarkable one occurred: the brightest ever seen.
Estonia has long been seen as a pioneer in digitizing the democratic process.