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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.
An evolutionary biologist explains why you probably won't grow a tail.
Parasites aren’t limited to just worms and ticks. Even some plants like to feed off others — and they perhaps could help fight invasive species.
We once thought the Moon was completely airless, but it turns out it has an atmosphere, after all. Even wilder: It has a tail of its own.
Despite the wide diversity of spider species, most orb-weavers seem to follow the same playbook when building their webs.
Are we really only a moment away from "The Singularity," a technological epoch that will usher in a new era in human evolution?
Many still cling to the idea that we live in a deterministic Universe, despite the nature of quantum physics. Now, the "least spooky" interpretation no longer works.
Social conflicts can leave molecular marks on animals, according to recent research on the ant species Harpegnathos saltator.
We haven't seen a partial eclipse lasting this long since 1440, and won't again until 2669. North America is perfectly positioned for 2021's.
A new control system, demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real-time.
It’s about 7.6 million times faster than what you probably have at home.
Society-changing ideas form through a three-stage process, argues author Michael Bhaskar.
Although most of the Universe's mass is dark matter, which gravitates just as well as normal matter, it still can't make black holes.
Isn't more sleep always better?
Fittingly, the skull was found in the Rising Star cave of South Africa, itself located at a site known to UNESCO as the Cradle of Mankind.
From textiles and transportation to chemicals and microchips, a group of researchers proposes a new way to measure the impact of innovation.
The latest gravitational wave data from LIGO and Virgo finally shows us the truth: there are no "gaps" in the masses of black holes.
Learning styles are supposed to help learners take ownership of their education, but research doesn’t back up this well-intentioned myth.
Virgin birth – which involves the development of an unfertilised egg – has preoccupied humans for aeons. And although it can’t happen in mammals, it does seem to be possible in […]
Based on the atoms that they're made out of, the innermost planet should always be the densest. Here's why Earth beats Mercury, hands down.
Although many dinosaurs never left the ground, they still possessed the basic structural framework for flight.