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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.
IceCube just found an active galaxy in the nearby Universe, 47 million light-years away, through its neutrino emissions: a cosmic first.
Thanks to a couple of rovers, we know Mars was once blue.
About 8% of our genome is made of leftover viruses from our ancestors' infections.
Overwintering is profoundly stressful for trees. So why do they bother?
We know the Universe is expanding, but scientists don't agree on the rate. This is a legitimate problem.
Using physics, Ross Chastain floored it during the final turn, scraping the wall and passing 5 cars to advance to the NASCAR championship.
Antibodies can start forming in intestines over 10 years before symptoms arise.
Your very own "Conspiracy Detection Kit."
Their neurons are very different from "normal" people.
It's time for Tetris.
Billions of years ago, the ever-increasing entropy must've been much lower: the past hypothesis. Here's how cosmic inflation solves it.
The largest hazardous asteroid found in the last 8 years showcases a little-known class of planet-killers. And we're woefully unprepared.
One possible vision of the distant future.
Studying neuroscience through art.
Some patients wait over 5 years for a liver transplant.
In 1974, Stephen Hawking showed that even black holes don't live forever, but emit radiation and eventually evaporate. Here's how.
The “scientific Buddha” and the idea of Buddhist exceptionalism with regard to science are modern creations.
In 1995, Hubble peered at the Pillars of Creation, forever changing our view. Now in 2022, JWST completes the star-forming puzzle.
Organic molecules can be produced by living or non-living systems. But the recent findings are very intriguing.
If you want to share the truths about our Universe with others, don't fall into the trap of arguing with a misinformer. Do this instead.