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The eastern inner core located beneath Indonesia's Banda Sea is growing faster than the western side beneath Brazil.
Only the best physical theories outlast the minds that invented them. Throughout the 20th century, a number of discoveries revolutionized our Universe. The discovery of the interior structure of atoms as […]
In ancient Greece, the Olympics were never solely about the athletes themselves.
A new brain imaging study explored how different levels of the brain's excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters are linked to math abilities.
For the ancients, hospitality was an inviolable law enforced by gods and priests and anyone else with the power to make you pay dearly for mistreating a stranger.
We just observed the first ‘lunar formation’ in an exoplanetary system. This one image, above, is the first to show moons actively forming around a planet. This colourful image shows […]
While we can see many solar storms coming, some are "stealthy." A new study shows how to detect them.
Fear that new technologies are addictive isn't a modern phenomenon.
The Inglehart-Welzel World Cultural map replaces geographic accuracy with closeness in terms of values.
A study finds that baby mammals dream about the world they are about to experience to prepare their senses.
The non-contact technique could someday be used to lift much heavier objects — maybe even humans.
Australian parrots have worked out how to open trash bins, and the trick is spreading across Sydney.
The few seconds of nuclear explosion opening shots in Godzilla alone required more than 6.5 times the entire budget of the monster movie they ended up in.
Opponents of 19th-century American imperialism were not above body-shaming the personification of the U.S. government.
Most of us will never run a 4 minute mile. But on a bicycle, almost anyone can do it. As human beings, we often take for granted how our bodies work. […]
Information may not seem like something physical, yet it has become a central concern for physicists. A wonderful new book explores the importance of the "dataome" for the physical, biological, and human worlds.
A new study tested to what extent dogs can sense human deception.
When we rely on the conscious mind alone, we lose; but when we listen to the body, we gain a winning edge.
GPS holds the key, but astronomers can’t do it without help. Since 2019, the night sky — as seen by both human eyes and the telescopes we use to enhance our views of […]