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This biochemist is determined to create a new life form by reversing the shape of molecules.
A true scientific view of if, where, and when extraterrestrial life exists is within our grasp thanks to biosignatures and technosignatures.
According to the CDC, 50 countries worldwide have drinkable tap water. But look closer, and the picture is more nuanced.
A woman’s name would undermine the credibility of the mission. Names of former Nazis, however, were no problem.
The second law of thermodynamics is an inviolable law of reality. Here's what everyone should know about closed, open, and isolated systems.
“To take this in, you need to ride inside the mathematical symbols.”
To reap the benefits of AI technologies, businesses must keep humans in the driving seat.
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Yes, you CAN be a “math person” — as long as you follow these learning techniques.
JWST has already broken many of Hubble's cosmic records. Perhaps additional record-breakers already exist within this data-rich image?
The milestone puts us one step closer to ending the organ shortage.
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Ideas that seem wildly controversial today may move humanity towards progress. Philosopher Peter Singer asks —how do we keep them from being stifled?
Back during the hot Big Bang, it wasn't just charged particles and photons that were created, but also neutrinos. Where are they now?
Since the 1980s, engineered monoclonal antibodies have been knocking out invading germs. Sperm may be next.
We don’t need to think about what life is made of but rather what it does.
Although we still don't know the question, we know that the answer to life, the Universe, and everything is 42. Here are 5 possibilities.
Only nine weeks later, the Wright Brothers achieved manned flight. The pathologically cynical always will find a reason to complain.
Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.
Considering the astronomical occupational risks, life insurance was prohibitively expensive for the first NASA astronauts.
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Humanity is a type 0 civilization. Here’s what types 1, 2, and 3 look like, according to physicist Michio Kaku.
Hermann Minkowski called Einstein a "lazybones" with a "not very solid" education. Less than 10 years later, he would eat his words.
The Universe, although violent, is filled with creation events following destructive ones. 1850 light-years away, both types are unfolding.
It temporarily puts the immune system on high alert to prevent MRSA, pneumonia, and other infections in the hospital.
You can’t farm spiders — but putting spider genes into silkworms works even better.
Between the least massive star and most massive planet lies the mysterious brown dwarf: a class of objects that are neither star nor planet.
Goalkeepers have an enhanced ability to integrate auditory and visual information compared to other players.
If the "self" is not real, then we are slaves to a billiard ball universe, trapped in a nihilistic nightmare in which we cannot change our fate.
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Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein are locked in an eternal battle over the nature of gravity. Whose side are you on?
Measurements of the acceleration of the universe don’t agree, stumping physicists working to understand the cosmic past and future. A new proposal seeks to better align these estimates — and is likely testable.
Long thought a pipe dream, scientists have discovered a drug that mimics the effects of exercise.
From unexplained tracks in a balloon-borne experiment to cosmic rays on Earth, the unstable muon was particle physics' biggest surprise.