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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.
A large study links pornography use to decreased sexual performance for men and increased sexual performance for women.
The simulation gave researchers some of the first concrete data linking climate change to human evolution and speciation.
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Why are we here? What is everything made of? This theoretical physicist says science isn’t the right way to answer these questions.
John Templeton Foundation
Everything that gets heated up has to, somehow, radiate that energy away. Here's what we see when that happens in the Universe.
For a thousand light-years in all directions, there's a "bubble" that the Sun sits at the center of. Here's the story behind it.
A new wave of preventative cancer vaccines are set to begin trials.
The same technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines may enable the first damage-reversing heart attack cure.
Europa may be difficult to access. But if a recent study is correct, its subsurface ocean would be more accessible than previously thought.
A study finds prescription medications and dangerous unlisted ingredients in ordinary supplements.
SIDS deaths have decreased worldwide, but research has yet to solve this medical mystery.
Mathematics and religion both embody awe-inspiring, eternal truths.
John Templeton Foundation
Meet the power plant of the future.
The Mayan calendar is revered for its impeccable accuracy. Now, a recent excavation in Guatemala reveals how the system developed over time.
Most potentially hazardous asteroids remain unidentified. NEO surveyor could change that, but only if it's funded, and soon.
Extremely precise atomic clocks are not just of theoretical interest; they could help detect impending volcanic eruptions or melting glaciers.
All life forms, anywhere in our Universe, are chemically connected yet completely unique.
Was there ever life on Mars? Is there life on Mars now? Did it originate there or here, on Earth? All possibilities are fascinating.
Look out at a distant object, and you're not seeing it as it is today. It's size, brightness, and actual distance are all different.