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The divers spend their waking hours either under hundreds of feet of water on the ocean floor or squeezed into an area the size of a restaurant booth.
What are supermassive black holes, how common are they, and how do they grow up throughout cosmic history? Listen and find out!
The separation of pleasure from procreation may occur throughout the cosmos, providing an explanation for the Fermi Paradox.
A Harvard astronomer went to the bottom of the ocean, claiming he recovered alien technology. But what does the science actually indicate?
As cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes once and only once, or chaos would ensue. How do they do it? Key controls happen well before replication even starts.
Research suggests there's truth to regional stereotypes in the U.S. — with some caveats.
The space telescope's findings challenge the notion of a galaxy brimming with life.
Some processes, like quantum tunneling, have been shown to occur instantaneously. But the ultimate cosmic speed limit remains unavoidable.
In the land of the double-blind, impartiality is king.
From the present day all the way to less than 400 million years after the Big Bang, we're seeing how the Universe grew up like never before.
Learn to spot the scientists who are searching for the truth rather than money, ego, or fame.
Get ready for the most peculiar road trip that will help you understand the vastness and emptiness of the solar system — and Sweden.
The space‑specific neurons in the owl’s specialized auditory brain can do advanced math.
All biological systems are wildly disordered. Yet somehow, that disorder enables plant photosynthesis to be nearly 100% efficient.
Don't feel compelled to start a napping routine just yet.
The biggest nuclear blast in history came courtesy of Tsar Bomba. We could make something at least 100 times more powerful.
Some 55 million light-years away lies the giant galaxy Messier 87. Its supermassive black hole, inside and out, looks better than ever.
The material is both stronger and lighter than those used to make conventional power plant turbines.
But it's still challenging to build a 22,000-mile elevator.
Science news presents a flood of breakthroughs and discoveries that promise to change our lives. They rarely do.
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A dog's breed isn't as predictive of behavior as many think it is. Environment and upbringing play a much larger role.
Sophia, the humanoid robot, is not just mirroring emotions; she's leading a revolution in emotional intelligence.
John Templeton Foundation
Headlines have blared that quasar ticking confirms that time passed more slowly in the early Universe. That's not how any of this works.
If you want to write and speak well, use common words, not grandiose ones. Unless you're Shakespeare, you're more likely to annoy people.
Math can explain why your laces spontaneously come untied — and how to stop it.
For thousands of years, we puzzled at how far away the Moon was. Today we know its distance, at any time, to within millimeters.
Boys are four times as likely as girls to develop autism. Girls are nearly twice as likely to experience depression. The immune system may be a player in these and other brain-health disparities.
When you turn a map of East Asia upside down, Beijing’s geographic constraints and regional ambitions become much clearer.