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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.
Why does Seattle continue to be a place that nurtures the development of breakthrough technologies but not Minneapolis, Memphis, or Minsk?
Our brains might be flooded with the hallucinogen DMT as we die, leading to vivid dreams.
Our Solar System's outer reaches, and what's in them, was predicted long before the first Oort Cloud object was ever discovered.
Purely physical and chemical processes can deceive us into thinking that life is present, when it actually is not.
In tough competitions, men tend to give up early when they feel a low sense of control. Testosterone eradicates that effect.
There is no rule that will force Omicron or another COVID variant to become less deadly over time, but there is reason for hope.
The paper-thin device may also someday be used to stimulate bone growth.
Previously, only the brightest and most active galaxies could pierce the obscuring wall of cosmic dust. At last, normal galaxies break through.
The human brain makes a striking deviation from the normal building plan.
Until now, researchers believed davemaoite could never be found on Earth's surface.
Missing link? More like the weakest link.
A chemist explains the real reason your family dinner is such a risky ordeal.
The stars, planets, and many moons are extremely round. Why don't they take other shapes?
From hellishly hot planets to water worlds, some distant planets are like nothing in our Solar System.
Some of the most popular "anti-aging" diets show promise in rodent studies. But are they effective for humans?
Finding out we're not alone in the Universe would fundamentally change everything. Here's how we could do it.
“This will be one of the most important datasets since the mapping of the Human Genome.”