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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.
Off-the-shelf consumer technology is helping people pursue their interests — and advancing science at the same time.
Recent controversies bode ill for the effort to detect life on other planets by analyzing the gases in their atmospheres.
AI software is rapidly accelerating chip design, potentially leveling up the speed of innovation across the economy.
"I have a friend who thinks vaccines cause autism," writes Nina. "What can I do?"
When we see pictures from Hubble or JWST, they show the Universe in a series of brilliant colors. But what do those colors really tell us?
Of the millions of substances people encounter daily, health researchers have focused on only a few hundred. Those in the emerging field of exposomics want to change that.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
The last naked-eye Milky Way supernova happened way back in 1604. With today's detectors, the next one could solve the dark matter mystery.
How did life on Earth begin? Is there life on other worlds? An answer to either question will reflect heavily on the other.
A member of a species that kills trees, this mushroom is not the first to be called the Humongous Fungus — and perhaps not the last.
Since 1930, type Ia supernovae have been thought to arise from white dwarfs exceeding the Chandrasekhar mass limit. Here's why that's wrong.
The cat-and-mouse game between China and the world’s semiconductor companies is already having enormous consequences.
The race to find dark matter could grow more complex with high-energy neutrino interference.
In astronomy, a star's initial mass determines its ultimate outcome in life. Unless, that is, a stellar companion alters the deal.
The color of the shirt you're wearing right now depends on many factors, from your eye shape to what language you speak.
A prolonged strike could cost the economy between $500 million to $4.5 billion per day.
Black holes are the most massive individual objects, spanning up to a light-day across. So how do they make jets that affect the cosmic web?
Scientists have created a magnificent portrait of every connection among neurons in a fruit fly’s brain.
Humans, when we consider space travel, recognize the need for gravity. Without our planet, is artificial or antigravity even possible?
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.