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Explore the discoveries that reveal how the world works, alongside the technologies that extend, reshape, and sometimes challenge what’s possible.
The authors call it "wildly theoretical" — but let's take a look, anyway.
The new documentary “Make People Better” leans toward a different narrative about gene-editing than we've heard before.
"Jumping genes" exist in various forms, including as remnants of ancient retroviruses, and make up about 45% of the human genome.
Though a single measurement is not enough to definitively decide the debate, this is a major win for dark matter proponents.
If dogs are out in coats and boots, how are the squirrels feeling?
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Is it better to be rational or optimistic? Steven Pinker explains.
He was also a eugenicist — but at least he could draw pretty pictures.
Yes, dark energy is real. Yes, distant galaxies recede faster and faster as time goes on. But the expansion rate isn't accelerating at all.
Concluding that Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest was caused by the COVID vaccine requires accepting highly improbable leaps of logic.
The quantum world — and its inherent uncertainty — defies our ability to describe it in words.
In 1920, astronomers debated the nature of the Universe. The results were meaningless until years later, when the key evidence arrived.
But they're still lovable.
2023 will see an "arms race" in mixed reality hardware and software. This truly will revolutionize our society.
Quantum mechanics has taught us that even empty space contains energy. "Negative energy" is the state of having less energy than empty space.
As time goes on, dark energy makes distant galaxies recede from us ever faster in our expanding Universe. But nothing truly disappears.
Passing chunks of ice can fertilize ocean waters and play a role in the planet’s carbon cycle.
2023 will see the launch of new rockets, the return of OSIRIS-REx, and a mission to Jupiter that could help us find extraterrestrial life.
In the grand scheme of the cosmic story, a single year isn't all that significant. But over time, the annual changes really add up!