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There’s a lot to learn about other worlds, but you can’t learn it all without looking up. “One should not need a teleportation device to decide whether a newly discovered object […]
“Human ambitions have no limits,” the Sheikh announcing the project said.
Is it luck? Is it a numbers game? Science suggests that it may be a delicate mix of both.
An amateur scientist reveals that cosmic debris from space is all over the place.
Shouldn't that be Hindenburgburg, mate?
10 million cars with autonomous features will be on the road by 2020. But they won't just change the way we get around, they'll transform our cities and our lifestyle preferences, from the morning commute to the suburbs we choose to live in.
If you want to get from A to B more safely, be a little more choosy at the cab rank.
A "new" field of medicine called chronotherapy demonstrates that following nature's cycles, as our ancestors did, is integral to proper biological and cognitive function.
A growing body of scientific investigation now supports the conclusion that being hopeful has a distinctly positive effect on academic performance.
20 years before Sally Ride, Valentina Tereshkova set the bar. She’s still amazing after more than 50 years. “A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop […]
Scientists are conflicted about what causes car sickness, which may make a workaround difficult.
There's an app that detects manterruptions—but we round up the research to find out which groups of people are really doing the most interrupting.
Life may not be a rarity after all, but the result of a certain set of conditions.
Albert Einstein shared his thoughts on the meaning of life and his own spiritual views.
Conceptual artist Jonathon Keats proposes neuroscience-based fashion.
Married Americans are now having sex 11 fewer times per year than in 2002, according to a new study published in the Archives for Sexual Behavior. What is causing this dramatic change?
You are already a cyborg! Here's 10 ways you could merge even more with technology in the coming decade.
The biologists who revealed why zebras have black-and-white stripes now also have a theory on the black-and-white fur of giant pandas.
A patient's brain showed activity for nearly 10 minutes after death, baffling doctors and prompting the need for further research.
Harvard scientists propose how mysterious Fast Radio Bursts from outer space could actually be powering the spacecrafts of an advanced alien civilization.