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Scientific Method
Not everything that claims to be "scientific" actually is. There are five features of scientifically rigorous studies.
With a bigger, better, and more sensitive detector, the XENON collaboration joins LZ and PANDA-X in constraining WIMP dark matter.
Be skeptical of a new study questioning the sweetener's safety.
So far, two papers have been retracted, and a third is under investigation. Accusations of plagiarism appear convincing.
In all mammals, there are two brain pathways for processing information from the eyes: an evolutionarily ancient one and a more modern one.
If stars don't go supernova at first, they can get a second chance after becoming a white dwarf. But can their companions survive?
Recent measurements of subatomic particles don't match predictions stemming from the Standard Model.
A Fermilab study confirms decades-old measurements regarding the size and structure of protons.
Take a closer look at the different types of reasoning you use every day.
The Universe isn't as "clumpy" as we think it should be.
Out of sight, but not out of mind.
When you bring two fingers together, you can feel them "touch" each other. But are your atoms really touching, and if so, how?
The central equation of quantum mechanics, the Schrödinger equation, is different from the equations found in classical physics.
JWST has seen more distant galaxies than any other observatory, ever. But many candidates for "most distant of all" are likely impostors.
In 1920, astronomers debated the nature of the Universe. The results were meaningless until years later, when the key evidence arrived.
For nearly a century, physicists have argued over how to interpret quantum physics. But reality exists independent of any interpretation.
Every proton contains three quarks: two up and one down. But charm quarks, heavier than the proton itself, have been found inside. How?
A conservator from the Rijksmuseum explains how they went about investigating whether the painting is a genuine Rembrandt.
There are at least 15 different types of solid water (ice). Now, scientists believe that there might be a second type of liquid water.
Science is for everyone, even those possessing strongly held beliefs that seem to conflict with the best available evidence.
Our understanding always will remain incomplete.
UAP are no laughing matter anymore.
When people pick the greatest scientist of all-time, Newton and Einstein always come up. Perhaps they should name Johannes Kepler, instead.
“The more we understand ourselves and the universe, the more magnificent it is.”
Even the dictionary doesn't get the definition right.
Venus Life Finder could launch as early as 2023.
If you can model anything in the Universe with an equation, mathematics is how you get the solution(s). Physics must go a step further.
Quantum mechanics forces us to toss out the old, reliable ways in which we make sense of our everyday reality.
Is it deliberate fraud or just bad research?
Unexpected images of galaxies from the James Webb Space Telescope do not disprove the Big Bang. There are other likelier explanations.