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There are a few small cosmic details that, if things were just a little different, wouldn't have allowed our existence to be possible.
Yellow and black bird perched on a thin branch surrounded by green leaves.
Off-the-shelf consumer technology is helping people pursue their interests — and advancing science at the same time.
Under the night sky, where the Milky Way galaxy glows above a silhouette of trees and a mountain, stars scatter across the deep blue and purple expanse. It's an ideal backdrop for alien hunting, sparking curiosity about potential biosignatures hidden among those distant celestial wonders.
Recent controversies bode ill for the effort to detect life on other planets by analyzing the gases in their atmospheres.
Gloved hands holding a computer processor chip, viewed from an angled perspective against a black background.
AI software is rapidly accelerating chip design, potentially leveling up the speed of innovation across the economy.
Grayscale image showing a flying object captured on radar screen with various data markings.
Astronomer Adam Frank asks: With so many extraordinary claims, why can't anybody produce the proof?
A gloved hand grips a vaccine-loaded syringe, framed by a red-tinted portrait of a historical figure in the center and a grainy black-and-white landscape on the right.
"I have a friend who thinks vaccines cause autism," writes Nina. "What can I do?"
In a split image, Taleb's surgeon stands confidently alongside two diverse medical professionals: a woman in a hijab and a woman with glasses, each wearing stethoscopes.
The truly talented are those who got to where they are despite preconceived expectations.