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The quadratic formula isn't just something that teachers use to torture algebra students. The Babylonians once used it to calculate taxes.
The Poisson distribution has everyday applications in science, finance, and insurance. To compare the results of some biomedical studies, more people ought to be familiar with it.
The ten greatest ideas in science form the bedrock of modern biology, chemistry, and physics. Everyone should be familiar with them.
The big-picture physics is simple – let gravity do its job.
Get stronger in only three seconds per day? New research shows that it is possible.
In general, 5G is not a threat to human health or activities, but there are some legitimate questions about interference with airplane instruments.
Yes, the Universe is expanding, but you might wonder, "How fast is it expanding?"
Please stop calling our Sun an "average star." It is philosophically dubious and astronomically incorrect.
Historically, periods of mass flourishing are underpinned by technological revolutions. Currently, we are undergoing a technological revolution unlike anything the world has ever seen.
65 million years ago, an asteroid strike caused the 5th great mass extinction. Could we save Earth, today, from a similar event?
The Universe has asymmetries, but that's a good thing. Imperfections are essential for the existence of stars and even life itself.
The pulse took just 35 hours to cover the whole world.
Researchers have created a method to help workers collaborate with artificial intelligence systems.
Why power generated through nuclear fusion will be the future, but not the present, solution to humanity's energy needs.
As viewed by the MeerKAT telescope, this radio view of the Milky Way blows away every other way we've ever seen our home galaxy.
Altos Labs is an ambitious new anti-aging company with billions of dollars to back it up.
Space planes could radically lower the cost of spaceflight.
There really might be extraterrestrials out there, attempting to make contact. Here's how science, not fiction, is attempting to find them.
This Yale researcher is creating an experimental therapy for cystic fibrosis made from viruses - and it’s working.
Einstein's theories of relativity faced fierce opposition. One critic claimed he was attempting to subvert the scientific method.
A new analysis of an ancient hominin fossil sheds light on the "Out of Africa" dispersal events that occurred more than one million years ago.
The more social behaviors a voice-user interface exhibits, the more likely people are to trust it, engage with it, and consider it to be competent.
With launch costs dropping and enormous numbers of new satellites filling the sky, can't we just do it all from space?
In scientific theories, the Multiverse appears as a bug rather than as a feature. We should squash it.
Scientists at UCLA and Penn argue that malfunctioning fat, not necessarily too much of it, is what makes people metabolically unhealthy.
Risqué or just risky?
There are ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way, and ~2 trillion galaxies in the visible Universe. But what if we aren't typical?
From physics and alchemy to theology and eschatology, Isaac Newton’s research was rooted in a personal pursuit of the Divine.
Math offers good evidence that humans can solve any problem — as long as there’s money in it.
Iceland consistently ranks as the most gender-equal nation. It is also the nation where men and women are most likely to pursue sex-typical jobs.