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Can we ever be really sure we've learned everything about nature?
Electron-positron or proton-proton colliders are all the rage. But the unstable muon might be the key to unlocking the next frontier. If you want to probe the frontiers of fundamental […]
New software makes lab work go much faster—and hastens the search for cures.
An extinction events expert sounds a dire warning.
The water tower-shaped craft is an early prototype of Starship, which SpaceX hopes will someday send humans to Mars.
Mirror neurons bounce smiles from one person to the next.
In Upheaval, Jared Diamond points out the sad facts of American voter turnout.
When we split something into its most fundamental, indivisible components, are we truly seeing something that’s point-like, or is there a finite minimum size? Imagine that you wanted to know what […]
No amount of "brute force" would make stop such a storm, experts say.
Ecosia says the funds generated from users' searches help to plant one tree every second.
A new study challenges international life expectancies.
How many other disease-fighting compounds might we find in the ocean?
Satellite movie shows clouds of carbon monoxide drifting over South America.
The darkness of the night sky was a mystery for generations of humans. Here’s the reason why. From our perspective here in the Solar System, it makes absolute intuitive sense why […]
New findings show that Russian explosion was from a nuclear reactor.