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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 person’s mass is made not of 'stuff' in the way we normally think about it, but rather our mass is made of energy."
"I was stunned. Here in front of me was the original apparatus through which a new vision of the world was slowly and painfully brought to light."
Scalars, vectors, and tensors come up all the time in physics. They're more than mathematical structures. They help describe the Universe.
They’re in our brains, hearts, and blood — but what are they doing to us?
Could studying the Oriental hornet lead to a treatment for people with alcohol use disorder?
The findings suggest that biochemical and physical effects of exercise could help heal nerves.
It's the ultimate setup for a Thanksgiving Day disaster. The physics of water and its solid, liquid, and gas phases compels us not to do it.
We need a "theory that explains the evolution of evolution," argues theoretical physicist Sara Imari Walker.
On November 25, U.N. members will meet in South Korea to cap off a series of meetings aiming to reduce global plastic pollution.
Storytelling skills are not just for entertainment — practical exercises used by the cream of Hollywood can transform your work-life.
The most massive early galaxies grew up faster, and have more stars, than astronomers expected, according to JWST. What does it all mean?
While we’re busy wondering whether machines will ever become conscious, we rarely stop to ask: What happens to us?
There are a few small cosmic details that, if things were just a little different, wouldn't have allowed our existence to be 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.