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Trees store carbon dioxide, have a cooling effect in cities, and reduce flood risks.
Biomedical science assumes that people want to live as long as possible. They don't.
Age ain't nothing but a number, but "inflammatory age" may be real.
Hidden variables aren’t ruled out, but they can’t get rid of quantum weirdness. Ever since the discovery of the bizarre behavior of quantum systems, we’ve been forced to reckon with […]
If you truly want to understand modern astrophysics, knowing how to read this graph is essential.
Two-thirds of romances start out as friendships.
Over the coming decades, over 100,000 new satellites are expected. For countless millennia, whenever we were faced with a clear, cloudless, moonless night, all of humanity was able to witness […]
Technology usually has more pros than cons, but every benefit still carries some risk.
When facing a predator, single cells sometimes unite to defend themselves, paving the way for more complex multicellular life forms to evolve.
Jupiter's mysterious auroral events are caused by vibrating waves of plasma.
The dream of zero resistance is closer than you may think. One of the biggest physical problems in modern society is resistance. Not political or social resistance, mind you, but electrical […]
A new artificial intelligence method removes the effect of gravity on cosmic images, showing the real shapes of distant galaxies.
One man studied apes for 50 years. He says nature isn't as cruel as you think.
Yes, the Big Bang is real, but what about what came before? If you ask anyone about the origin of some phenomenon that we’ve observed, they’ll usually default to the same […]
Tiny fluctuations in old Kepler data reveals four runaway planets that are reminiscent of Earth.
Theoretical physicist Leonard Mlodinow offers three strategies for relaxing your cognitive filters to give your brilliant ideas time to shine in the spotlight of the conscious mind.
Attempts to normalize abnormal development could prevent individuals in need of help from seeking it.
The ancient Greeks were obsessed with geometry, which may have formed the basis of their philosophical cosmology.
With sodium-sensitive eyes, we’d see it every new Moon. With no detectable gases, the Moon appears to be atmosphere-free. The Moon as seen from a view above the majority of Earth’s […]