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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.
The problem of the electroweak horizon haunts the standard model of cosmology and beckons us to ask how deep a rethink the model may need.
Contrary to common experience, not everything needs a medium to travel through. Overcoming that assumption removes the need for an aether.
We have become the greatest threat to ourselves and to life on this planet. We need a set of agreed-upon safeguards to preserve our future.
Back in 1990, we hadn't discovered a single planet outside of our Solar System. Here are 10 facts that would've surprised every astronomer.
The nearby, bright star Fomalhaut had the first optically imaged planetary candidate. Using JWST's eyes, astronomers found so much more.
A panel of healthcare professionals much preferred responses that came from the chatbot in a recent study.
They're the most common type of exoplanet known today, and many astronomers have called them "super-habitable." None of that is true.
The discovery has enormous implications for the development of novel anti-anxiety medications.
As the stream of AI-generated art turns into a deluge, NFTs could become a cornerstone of the Virtual Renaissance.
Mars, the red planet, was a world we knew almost nothing about until our first spacecraft visited it. In just ~50 years, how far we've come!
Rapamycin is potentially the most powerful anti-aging drug ever discovered. However, due to its unlucky history, few know of it.
The standard model of cosmology has a big new problem: Some galaxies seem to be too old.
This oddball system of three stars might be our best chance at finding nearby life in the Universe.
Our bodies crave more food if we haven’t had enough protein, and this can lead to a vicious cycle.
What began as an annoyance ended as a Nobel Prize-winning discovery about the Big Bang and the origin of the Universe.
More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. Diet is an important, under-recognized culprit.
Many planets will eventually be devoured by their parent star. For the first time, we caught a star in the act, eating its innermost planet!
The average age of cannabis users is increasing. Weed may fall out of fashion before it becomes legal everywhere.
Nobody knows where the word "penguin" comes from.
To protect yourself, you need an antifungal rather than an amulet.