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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.
From the bedside to the lab bench, here’s how laboratory testing works.
You can't throw a DART at everything in space.
Skepticism is appropriate when gazing into the futurist's crystal ball.
Since its observation discovery in the 1990s, dark energy has been one of science's biggest mysteries. Could black holes be the cause?
Godfrey Hounsfield’s early life did not suggest that he would accomplish much at all.
When you combine the Uncertainty Principle with Einstein's famous equation, you get a mind-blowing result: Particles can come from nothing.
Are quantum fields real, or are they simply calculational tools? These 3 experiments show that if energy is real, so are quantum fields.
From the Big Bang to dark energy, knowledge of the cosmos has sped up in the past century — but big questions linger.
Recent measurements of subatomic particles don't match predictions stemming from the Standard Model.
It is a story with nebulous beginnings and no discernible end.
Even if a balloon flies directly overhead, attempting to shoot it down with a conventional firearm is stupid, ineffective, and dangerous.
Spying is not usually done these days with balloons because they're an easy target and are not completely controllable.
Catastrophes are difficult to predict because they are so rare. But AI using active learning can make predictions from very small data sets.
Your brain may notice fearful faces, even if you don't consciously realize it.
It’s sustainable, nutritious and delicious. Scientists need to ramp up efforts to meet this urgent need.
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Poker pro Maria Konnikova on how to recognize which details matter and master the science of deduction.
Generations ago, cosmologists asserted that the Universe might not just be the same in all directions, but at all times. But is that true?
The pathogen typically kills more than 90% of people it infects.
Some microbes can withstand Earth's most inhospitable corners, hinting that life may be able to survive similarly extreme conditions on other worlds.