Science & Tech

Science & Tech

Explore the discoveries that reveal how the world works, alongside the technologies that extend, reshape, and sometimes challenge what’s possible.

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The Standard Model of elementary particles has three nearly identical copies of particles: generations. And nobody knows why.
A next-generation LHC++ could cost $100 billion. Here's why such a machine could end up being a massive waste of money.
The base rate fallacy may help to explain low reproducibility in various fields of science.
A dark background with vertical lines of varying lengths and colors—yellow, blue, and white—arranged in uneven rows and columns, evoking the randomness of the genetic lottery.
We all play the genetic lottery – and the outcome matters a lot.
John Templeton Foundation
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On July 12, 2022, JWST will release its first science images. Here are 5 ways the telescope's findings could change science forever.
neuropathic pain
Scientists found a way to revert pain in mice using gene therapy. Perhaps the same technique could be applied to humans.
experimental archaeology
Experimental archaeology is the practice of recreating past events using knowledge and tools available at the time. Sometimes, it involves elephants.