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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.
Murmurations have no leader and follow no plan.
From life on Earth to the planet itself, there are four ways our planet will actually experience "the end," no matter how we define it.
From the tablets of the Babylonians to the telescopes of modern science, humans have always looked to the skies for fundamental answers.
Javelin missiles have been an effective force multiplier, the latter-day equivalent of the sling that David used against Goliath.
Chimpanzees are able to consider the context of social interactions and can accept unfavorable outcomes — sometimes.
Multiple lines of evidence — physical, chemical, and biological — must converge for scientists to conclude that alien life has been found.
Could we all attain this superpower?
Even a tiny sliver of the Universe can reveal the cosmic story of what's out there and how it came to be the way it is today.
Understanding the factors behind recent growth could help us better approach inequality.
Scientists find two 30-second techniques that prevent dizziness upon standing.
Where the prime meridian meets the equator, a non-existent island captures our imagination — and our non-geocoded data.
The closest star system to Earth, just over 4 light-years away, has three stars and at least one Earth-sized planet. Is it time to go there?
The James Webb Space Telescope could help scientists learn about the cosmic dark ages and how they ended.
Helplessness isn't learned — it's an instinctual response that can be overcome.
Every year, scientists like George Church get better at editing the genomes of human beings. But will genome editing help or hurt us?
We have a morbid curiosity about nautical disaster stories. The Irish "Wreck Viewer" offers a window into centuries of marine misfortune.
Empty, intergalactic space is just 2.725 K: not even three degrees above absolute zero. But the Boomerang Nebula is even colder.
Forty Starlink satellites were destroyed earlier this year in a geomagnetic storm.
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