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A new paper claims that scientists might be wildly mistaken about the density — and therefore, the shape — of our universe.
The green market is growing exponentially. But will the U.S. seize the economic opportunity?
"Sea of Shadows" is a documentary you can't afford to miss.
If you think about the way a gravitational wave detector works, you might encounter a paradox. Here’s the solution. One of the greatest scientific achievements in all of human history […]
Maybe it's time to show this report your employer?
The finding represents one of the first times we have observed how the human brain clears out its waste products.
During a 2005 commencement address at Stanford University, Steve Jobs related an anecdote about an experience he had shortly after dropping out of college that conveys one of the qualities […]
100+ years ago, General Relativity came along, and Einstein gave the Universe a cosmological constant. Here’s why that was a mistake. Back in the 17th century, Isaac Newton put forth the […]
Focusing on the present moment has some strange effects on how people estimate stretches of time.
We live in contradiction. How we confront that fact matters.
From one serendipitously fortunate system, we gain a new window into the expanding Universe’s biggest conundrum. We’ve known our Universe is expanding for ~90 years, yet unsolved mysteries persist. The […]
Scientists recently discovered a black hole that's smaller than previously thought possible.
Gig workers suffer from low pay, wage theft, precariousness, dangerous working conditions, and discrimination.
A new study says curiosity and creativity are computational errors.
Journeys of discovery and wonder in the inner and outer world.
Our Universe is 13.8 billion years old, and our Sun formed about 2/3rds of the way through. Here’s what came before it. When it comes to the great cosmic question of […]
New forensic evidence and three other theories on London's most notorious serial killer
It's not the act of buying but how you spend money that improves happiness and life satisfaction.
Rather than scrubbing the emissions from fossil fuel plants, a new analysis suggests we should simply replace those power plants with renewable alternatives.