It had long seemed impossible that supermassive black holes could grow to such enormous sizes. But the biggest problem is now solved.
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In the near-term, gene editing is not likely to be useful. Even in the long-term, it may not be very practical.
On December 19 1972, astronauts Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the Apollo 17 lunar mission. They were the last people to travel […]
A lucky discovery involving lithium-sulfur batteries has a legitimate chance to revolutionize how we power our world.
Red dwarf stars were supposed to be inhospitable. But TOI-700, now with at least two potentially habitable worlds, is quite the exception.
Role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons offer a valuable insight: Life is about shifting labels.
Not all stress is created equal.
Back in 1990, we hadn’t discovered a single planet outside of our Solar System. Here are 10 facts that would’ve surprised every astronomer.
We eat 50 billion chickens every year. Is there a better way?
An incredible composite image of Pandora’s Cluster, Abell 2744, simultaneously showcases both our impressive knowledge and vast ignorance.
From life on Earth to the planet itself, there are four ways our planet will actually experience “the end,” no matter how we define it.
The cause of Alzheimer’s is still not fully understood, but we might be able to vaccinate against it anyway.
The act of observing doesn’t just determine a previously indeterminate state, but can destroy information, too. Imagine that you’re a scientist attempting to understand reality at a fundamental level. How […]
The contact binary system KIC 9832227 is worth another look. Astronomers have seen some incredible occurrences across space and time. The nova of the star GK Persei, shown here in an […]
By challenging your preconceptions, art offers a framework by which you can solve problems.
Big dreams and big telescopes are back at last, but everything depends on sufficiently funding NASA, the NSF, and the DOE.
Antioxidant vitamins don’t stress us like plants do—and don’t have their beneficial effect.
On-demand learning has become the cornerstone of a modern L&D strategy. Here’s why.
Compassionate leadership is what differentiates good from great leaders during crisis.
Hubble, our greatest space-based observatory today, is just the beginning. The Hubble Space Telescope has been astronomy’s most revolutionary observatory in history. The stars and galaxies we see today didn’t […]
Amplifying the energy within a laser, over and over, won’t get you an infinite amount of energy. There’s a fundamental limit due to physics.
Large language models are an impressive advance in AI, but we are far away from achieving human-level capabilities.
The Big Bang was hot, dense, uniform, and filled with matter and energy. Before that? There was nothing. Here’s how that’s possible.
SpaceX’s momentous Crew Dragon launch is a sign of things to come for the space industry, and humanity’s future.
It’s the best-known transcendental number of all-time, and March 14 (3/14 in many countries) is the perfect time to celebrate Pi (π) Day!
Automation technologies manufacture goods or provide labor with minimal human intervention. They can trace their origins as far back as the 16th century—and arguably further—but didn’t take off until the […]
In the future, you might voluntarily share your social media data with your psychiatrist to inform a more accurate diagnosis.
Letting nature’s expert engineers lead the way.
Your inner voice can be the devil on your shoulder or the angel. It depends on where your focus lies.
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.