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We've only seen Uranus up close once: from Voyager 2, back in 1986. The next time we do it, its features will look entirely different.
The Standard Model of elementary particles has three nearly identical copies of particles: generations. And nobody knows why.
A next-generation LHC++ could cost $100 billion. Here's why such a machine could end up being a massive waste of money.
The base rate fallacy may help to explain low reproducibility in various fields of science.
We all play the genetic lottery - and the outcome matters a lot.
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On July 12, 2022, JWST will release its first science images. Here are 5 ways the telescope's findings could change science forever.
Scientists found a way to revert pain in mice using gene therapy. Perhaps the same technique could be applied to humans.
Experimental archaeology is the practice of recreating past events using knowledge and tools available at the time. Sometimes, it involves elephants.
It could make enough drinking water for a family of four.
The spooky world of quantum mechanics might reach out and touch you — by mutating your DNA. Welcome to the weird world of quantum biology.
The chemistry of cooking over an open flame.
Your bites will heal, but will you ever sleep well again after an infestation of bloodsucking parasites?
This isn't America's first rodeo with monkeypox. In 2003, the virus swept across America thanks to a shipment of exotic animals.
Researchers have discovered 830-million-year-old microbes living inside a salt rock on Earth. Could the same occur on Mars?
Wind energy is one of the cleanest, greenest sources of power. But could it have the sneaky side-effect of changing the weather?
Best in class: Denmark and Uruguay. Worst in class: Papua New Guinea, Venezuela, and Russia.
There is nothing more important to science than its ability to prove ideas wrong.
Humans who've lived through the same events often remember them differently. Could quantum physics be responsible?
A new study of Martian dust gives insights into the ancient Martian climate. The findings hint at a wetter world.
At least 33 cities are sinking by more than 1 cm a year.
It has no moving parts and could allow us to tap into renewable energy year round.
According to renowned physicist Christophe Galfard, physics can’t explain our universe - yet.
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Technologically, the answer is definitely no. But that doesn't mean CGI is always used to good effect.
In a major advance, scientists have found a new and groundbreaking way to force electrons to flow only in one direction in a superconductor.
A doctor once joked that statins will be added to the water supply. Humor aside, the data shows that statins really are a "wonder drug."
Over time, the Universe becomes less dominated by dark matter and more dominated by dark energy. Is one transforming into the other?
An effect called the "urban heat island" means that temperatures are often 10 degrees higher in cities, according to NASA.