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Scientists film a closeup of DNA replication for the first time, leading to unexpected observations.
For the Sgt. Pepper 50th anniversary remix, good intentions and modern technology revitalize a classic album.
The iconic physicist warns that we’d better find another planet in the next 100 years, or humanity is screwed.
Perhaps it is more doable now than when it was first proposed, back in the early 1980s
How the Universe’s expansion rate continues to baffle us. “In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.” -Henry Miller It’s the most fundamental law of special […]
The smart money is still on LIGO, but there sure looks like something funny is happening if the new group is correct. This article was contributed by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine […]
Orcas are trailing Alaskan fishermen and taking their halibut and black-cod catches.
Is the government overpaying by $300 million? Elon Musk of SpaceX has long argued that there needs to be greater competition with the awarding of space launch contracts. New reports indicate that SpaceX may be $300 million less than the US government is currently paying.
Author and music producer Kabir Sehgal finds instruction on the true value of money running through the world’s sacred texts.
Now we know, on every scale. “There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without […]
The theory could solve certain stubborn physics questions such as, where’s all the antimatter.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is working in with video game developers to create a space exploration game called Space Odyssey.
In the glamor-filled world of drag queens, fashion and "ethical self-fashioning" might be closer than we think.
A popular physicist shares why he believes that the deepest nature of reality is hidden from us.
A comprehensive new study finds that lefties are, in fact, better at advanced math.
With the launch of JPSS-1 coming up this year, everything that NASA Earth science stands for hinges on its success. “There is, then, no water that is wholly of the Pacific, […]
The children of very young and very old fathers were most affected.
Elon Musk publishes a visionary paper on his company's plans to colonize space.
Never heard of SKA, the square kilometer array? Once it starts taking data, you’ll never forget it. “Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for […]
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto just took one giant leap forward in his nation's drug policies.