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Speculation about the existence of aliens goes all the way back at least to the Greek philosophers. Their arguments will sound familiar.
Safety through technology is no bad thing—Nietzsche himself sought doctors and medicines throughout his life—but it can become pathological.
Equations that describe time travel are fully compatible and consistent with relativity — but physics is not mathematics.
The Standard Model may or may not be in trouble, but particle physics definitely needs saving. Here's what the new LHC can do.
Diplomacy is war by other means.
Could we finally detect the elusive Unruh effect?
A large study links pornography use to decreased sexual performance for men and increased sexual performance for women.
The simulation gave researchers some of the first concrete data linking climate change to human evolution and speciation.
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Why are we here? What is everything made of? This theoretical physicist says science isn’t the right way to answer these questions.
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Everything that gets heated up has to, somehow, radiate that energy away. Here's what we see when that happens in the Universe.
Many contemporary composers live in the shadow of Bach and Beethoven, even though they’re just as interesting to listen to.
For a thousand light-years in all directions, there's a "bubble" that the Sun sits at the center of. Here's the story behind it.
A new wave of preventative cancer vaccines are set to begin trials.
What if death isn’t the end? NDEs may complicate what science teaches us about death and consciousness.
The same technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines may enable the first damage-reversing heart attack cure.
Europa may be difficult to access. But if a recent study is correct, its subsurface ocean would be more accessible than previously thought.
A study finds prescription medications and dangerous unlisted ingredients in ordinary supplements.
The so-called "court painter of Silicon Valley" was shaped by her youth in communist Poland but looks forward to a future ruled by celebrity robots.
SIDS deaths have decreased worldwide, but research has yet to solve this medical mystery.