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Someone breaks into a mailbox that stores letters waiting to be sent and grabs some of them in hopes they’ll contain a check that’s been filled in. That's just the start.
From boosting empathy to improving therapy, virtual reality is poised to change our ideas of the self.
In 1990, we only knew of the ones in our Solar System. Today, we know of thousands, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
A study describes how researchers conducted the first successful DNA sequencing on ancient Egyptian mummies.
On December 19 1972, astronauts Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the Apollo 17 lunar mission. They were the last people to travel […]
Coupled with 3D printing, biomining the Moon or Mars with microbes could sustain human colonies without constant re-supply from Earth.
Every power source involves trade-offs. Given the challenges of increasing demand and climate change, what is the future of energy?
The search for worlds outside our solar system has just turned up a planet, TOI-2257 b, with a truly extreme orbit.
We frequently say it's 2.725 K: from the light left over all the way from the Big Bang. But that's not all that's in the Universe.
Death is the great and terrifying unknown, awaiting us all at the end of this life. Giving it a personality makes it easier to gaze upon.
We seem to have a "progression bias" that nudges us toward pro-relationship decisions and away from breaking up.
Maps can do more than show us places. They also can help determined people find others long lost, whether birth mothers or fugitive killers.
Even though no human has stepped foot on the Moon's surface in 50 years, the evidence of our presence there remains unambiguous.