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Explore the discoveries that reveal how the world works, alongside the technologies that extend, reshape, and sometimes challenge what’s possible.
A newly discovered “ultrahot Jupiter” has the shortest orbit of any known gas giant.
After more than two decades of precision measurements, we've now reached the "gold standard" for how the pieces don't fit.
Tusks suddenly became a liability, even though in natural circumstances, tusks are very useful.
What was this mammoth tusk doing on the ocean floor 150 miles from land?
After decades of development, whether NASA's Webb succeeds or fails all comes down to five critical milestones that are only days away.
One patient’s surprising results have experts cautiously optimistic.
“Think defensively about how you can protect yourself from an almost inevitable attack, rather than assuming you’ll avoid harm.”
Life largely owes its existence to this equation. Be sure to hug your house plant today.
The AI remembers that you are 32 years old and like to eat sushi, except on Thursdays.
Memory errors may actually indicate a way in which the human cognitive system is “optimal” or “rational.”
The scientists are headed "straight to the FDA" to begin human trials.
GPT-3, which features 175 billion parameters, just might fool you in a conversation.
In spreading politics, videos may not be much more persuasive than their text-based counterparts.
A few years ago, the first dark matter-free galaxies were announced, and then immediately disputed. Now, there are too many to ignore.
Science is a method of inquiry about nature, while scientism is philosophy. And scientism is no longer up to the challenge of meeting the most pressing issues of our day.
The metaverse has the potential to be revolutionary, for both good and bad. Here is how we can maximize the former and prevent the latter.
The same (former) NASA engineer who previously claimed to violate Newton's laws is now claiming to have made a warp bubble. He didn't.
“To be ignorant of causes is to be frustrated in action.” So wrote Francis Bacon, counsel to Queen Elizabeth I of England and key architect of the scientific method. In […]
Bears, chimps, or humans? A track of five poorly preserved footsteps at Laetoli has puzzled paleontologists for decades. Now, a research paper from Nature claims to have solved the mystery.
Every December, the Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak. Its 2021 show will be spectacular, but only if you do it right.