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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 standard model of cosmology has a big new problem: Some galaxies seem to be too old.
This oddball system of three stars might be our best chance at finding nearby life in the Universe.
Our bodies crave more food if we haven’t had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle.
What began as an annoyance ended as a Nobel Prize-winning discovery about the Big Bang and the origin of the Universe.
More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. Diet is an important, under-recognized culprit.
Many planets will eventually be devoured by their parent star. For the first time, we caught a star in the act, eating its innermost planet!
The average age of cannabis users is increasing. Weed may fall out of fashion before it becomes legal everywhere.
Nobody knows where the word "penguin" comes from.
To protect yourself, you need an antifungal rather than an amulet.
The conservation of energy is one of the most fundamental laws governing our reality. But in the expanding Universe, that's just not true.
Wind farms seem less productive when scientists incorporate more realistic atmospheric models into their output predictions.
It's not about fairness. It's about using every possible advantage.
These high-mass, rapidly star-forming galaxies have called modern cosmology into question. But hi-res simulations show no tension at all.
Neuroscientists hope to learn more in the hope of finding a way to reverse dementia.
Laser-guided lightning isn't the only manmade way to create lightning.
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This scientist made an algorithm to predict which artists succeed — all without even looking at their art.
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Sabine Hossenfelder discusses the physics of… dead grandmothers?
All forms of energy affect the expanding Universe. But if matter and radiation slow the expansion down, how does dark energy speed it up?
How do physicists solve a problem like entropy?