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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.
SpinLaunch's launcher, which is larger than the Statue of Liberty and works like the Olympic hammer-throw event, just came online in the New Mexico desert.
Why does Seattle continue to be a place that nurtures the development of breakthrough technologies but not Minneapolis, Memphis, or Minsk?
Roughly half the world population, including in America, has insufficient levels of vitamin D. UV irradiated mushrooms can help.
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.
In 2022, the probe will crash into an asteroid while a nearby satellite captures it on camera.
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.
No matter how controversial or politicized our world becomes, science remains humanity's best tool for figuring out how things work.
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?
The cause of Alzheimer's is still not fully understood, but we might be able to vaccinate against it anyway.