Science and Tech

Science and Tech

Metaverse games
Who will lead humanity in the Metaverse? Roblox and Minecraft gamers.
ai physics
An average undergraduate student in physics is better than the AI.
insulin pills
These dissolvable pills aren’t meant to be swallowed, though.
conjoined twins
The separation of conjoined twins is fraught with stomach-churning biomedical and ethical challenges.
chess cheating
Elon Musk suggested remote-controlled, vibrating anal beads. Thankfully, there are more mundane explanations.
These salamanders are helping unlock the mysteries of brain evolution and regeneration.
“The more we understand ourselves and the universe, the more magnificent it is.”
Certain cancers are striking earlier than they used to.
ancient dna
Advances in ancient DNA analysis gave researchers a new way to trace the movements of peoples across Eurasia.
circumcision
"Our risk-benefit analysis showed that benefits exceeded procedural risks... by up to 200 to 1."
central black hole jet
Black holes aren't just the densest masses in the Universe, but they also spin the fastest of all massive objects. Here's why it must be so.
schwinger effect
In our common experience, you can't get something for nothing. In the quantum realm, something really can emerge from nothing.
Roman villa
The “first-of-its-kind” archeological find is being reburied despite the fact that researchers haven’t finished studying it.
Sex can be a death trap even for modern toad and frog species.
Anything, good or bad, about Henry Ford can be contradicted — except his ambition and his work.
A horned, fanged figure lies on the ground with a foot pressing down on its neck; red drapery is visible above.
6mins
Darwin, Descartes, and Maxwell all believed in these science ‘demons.’
John Templeton Foundation
jwst cartwheel
The first set of James Webb's images blew us all away. In just 2 mere months, it's seen highlights that no one could have predicted.
covid nasal spray
The spray uses snippets of DNA to gum up virus replication.
FU orionis illustration
As recently as 1990, we didn't know of any planets beyond our Solar System. Today, with 5000+, we're deep into the weeds of how they form.
Following the advent of human space flight, NASA began naming missions after children of Zeus.
multiverse
Each of us carries our own version of the Multiverse in our heads.
consciousness
At a fundamental level, only a few particles and forces govern all of reality. How do their combinations create human consciousness?
aliens
One book will gather all topics on the search for life in the Cosmos.
An astrophysicist explains these shortcuts through space-time.
zaporizhzhia
The war in Ukraine is unlikely to trigger a catastrophic nuclear meltdown. Physics and smart engineering are the reasons why.
zodiac ptolemy harmonia macrocosmica
No planet enters retrograde more frequently than Mercury, which does so 3-4 times each year. Here’s the scientific explanation for why.
hiv vaccine
HIV mutates rapidly, which has made the development of a vaccine an enormous challenge for decades. Finally, we might have one.
theory
Even the dictionary doesn't get the definition right.
creatine
Athletes often use creatine to boost performance and aid muscle recovery. Accumulating evidence suggests it could also help with depression.