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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.
If the electromagnetic and weak forces unify to make the electroweak force, maybe, at even higher energies, something even greater happens?
Painkillers have nasty side effects, such as organ damage or addiction. Researchers have discovered a new drug that may cause none of these.
After it became clear that the world wasn't 6,000 years old, some proposed that northern peoples had emerged independently from others.
Once science operations begin for James Webb, we'll never look at the Universe the same way again. Here's what everyone should know.
Ingesting tiny doses of hallucinogens might not have the outsized benefits that some people claim it does.
Scientists looked for ways to trigger the “build whatever normally was here” signal for cells at the site of a wound.
To clear Scotland’s roads in winter, the local traffic agency employs heavy machinery with punny names. Can you grit and bear it?
Long before the Wordle mania, there was the crossword puzzle craze. And newspapers around the world condemned them as an “invasive weed” that caused mental illnesses and even murder.
With 1550 distinct type Ia supernovae measured across ~10 billion years of cosmic time, the Pantheon+ data set reveals our Universe.
The quadratic formula isn't just something that teachers use to torture algebra students. The Babylonians once used it to calculate taxes.
The Poisson distribution has everyday applications in science, finance, and insurance. To compare the results of some biomedical studies, more people ought to be familiar with it.
The ten greatest ideas in science form the bedrock of modern biology, chemistry, and physics. Everyone should be familiar with them.
Get stronger in only three seconds per day? New research shows that it is possible.
In general, 5G is not a threat to human health or activities, but there are some legitimate questions about interference with airplane instruments.
Yes, the Universe is expanding, but you might wonder, "How fast is it expanding?"
Please stop calling our Sun an "average star." It is philosophically dubious and astronomically incorrect.
Historically, periods of mass flourishing are underpinned by technological revolutions. Currently, we are undergoing a technological revolution unlike anything the world has ever seen.
The Universe has asymmetries, but that's a good thing. Imperfections are essential for the existence of stars and even life itself.
Why power generated through nuclear fusion will be the future, but not the present, solution to humanity's energy needs.
As viewed by the MeerKAT telescope, this radio view of the Milky Way blows away every other way we've ever seen our home galaxy.