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Frustrating failures sometimes lead to great breakthroughs.
Dark matter hasn't been directly detected, but some form of invisible matter is clearly gravitating. Could the graviton hold the answer?
When science is a source of spirituality in people’s lives, they feel happy and engaged.
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Exercise neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki explains how your brain can age gracefully and optimally — and it starts with just a 10-minute walk.
A spherical structure nearly one billion light-years wide has been spotted in the nearby Universe, dating all the way back to the Big Bang.
This is especially true for three key groups.
The matter that creates black holes won't be what comes out when they evaporate. Will the black hole information paradox ever be solved?
Sweet, bitter, salty, sour. These are the four basic tastes we were taught in grade school. But there is a fifth: umami. And it's everywhere.
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A physicist discusses the boundaries of reality and experimentation.
In 1987, the closest supernova directly observed in nearly 400 years occurred. Will a pulsar arise from those ashes? JWST offers clues.
Experiments on suborbital rockets are revealing how to make a better iron furnace.
When it comes to predicting the energy of empty space, the two leading theories disagree by a factor of 100 googol quintillion.
The asteroid is expected to come within 140,000 miles of Earth — well inside the moon’s orbit.
Over a third are worried that vaccines can cause "canine autism."
Football is a risky sport, but bicycling to work is far more dangerous.
Three fundamental forces matter inside an atom, but gravity is mind-bogglingly weak on those scales. Could extra dimensions explain why?
A relatively new interpretation of quantum mechanics asks us to reimagine the process of science itself.
Newton thought that gravitation would happen instantly, propagating at infinite speeds. Einstein showed otherwise; gravity isn't instant.
Looking at our planet with post-Copernican eyes has the power to change how we relate to it and each other.
Subtle clues emerge ahead of the attack via changes in scent.
There are a few clues that the Universe isn't completely adding up. Even so, the standard model of cosmology holds up stronger than ever.
Interventions can make the most difference when Alzheimer’s is detected early.
Philosopher Lee McIntyre discusses the dangers of disinformation, how such falsehoods spread, and what we can do about it.
With ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way and 6-20 trillion galaxies overall, that makes for a lot of stars. But not as many as you'd think.
The brain implant lets her talk four times faster than the previous record.
Experts say it’s likely space junk—and there’s plenty more where that came from.
Today's popular weight-loss drugs could soon be joined by brain stimulation and gene therapies.
The biggest, brightest galaxies are the easiest to spot, but the tiniest ones teach us about how the Milky Way assembled and grew up!
American students are being compelled to specialize earlier and earlier. Here's what it takes to build a successful physics foundation.
Art isn't a side note in human history; it's the main text.