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Two enigmatic jellyfish dancing in the dark.
The best answer we have is, "Life is matter with intentionality."
The study of antimatter.
Sci-fi enthusiasts have long hoped that a substance called antimatter might experience gravity opposite that of ordinary matter. It doesn't.
The Harvard crest displayed on a black background in the Ivy League.
Get rid of the notion that the best employees come from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
Earth-like exoplanet
Some fascinating observations of K2-18b have come along with horrendous, speculative communications. There's no evidence for oceans or life.
A man is undergoing a TMS treatment for depression.
For people with hard-to-treat depression, a non-invasive technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can provide relief.
A map of a city with a lot of pink dots.
Legally smoking joints in city centers will require alertness and a keen sense of orientation — two things stoners are not known for.
A model of a temple inspired by Herostratus.
His crime was so great, he was not only sentenced to death but his name was to be erased from memory.
A challenger brand's rocket launch in the clouds.
When leaders connect enterprise ambition with the driving spirit of activism, everyone wins.
A diagram of the solar system with the sun, earth, and uranus.
How can you maximize the amount of love and happiness in your life? One of history's greatest scientists found the answer: with math.
A Chinese philosophy book with open pages.
Dive into China's profound intellectual legacy through five seminal texts that have shaped millennia of thought.
Dolly Parton on stage with an acoustic guitar showcases her musical talent.
In Georgia, it's becoming less common to pronounce words like "prize" as "prahz."
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NASA’s Michelle Thaller explains what happens when the densest stars in the galaxy collide.
mars oceans
Chemical changes inside Mars' core caused it to lose its magnetic field. This, in turn, caused it to lose its oceans. But how?
most distant gravitational lens
A more distant galaxy liked the lens so much that it went and put a ring on it. Here's the science behind this remarkable cosmic object.
Web3 by alex tarcot, stakeholder.
A "stakehodler" has both a voice and a vote, an economic interest in how each network stewards important global resources.
An artist's rendering of the earth and a spacecraft in space.
This measurement is crucial to confirm that one of the assumptions of Einstein’s theory of gravity is valid.
An image of a bottle of milk with bacteria on it.
Because the milk was thin and had an unnatural, bluish tint, vendors stirred in additives such as chalk, flour, eggs, and Plaster-of-Paris.
A black and white illustration of a person typing on a laptop within the workforce ecosystem.
Huge shifts in the workforce demand real-world changes in management practices; “command-and-control” no longer cuts it.
Two men standing on top of a mountain with a torch.
Humanity is never fully in control of its creations. This lesson from Mary Shelley has remained relevant for over 200 years.
John Templeton Foundation