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Red dwarf stars were supposed to be inhospitable. But TOI-700, now with at least two potentially habitable worlds, is quite the exception.
Your breathing rhythm influences a wide range of behaviors, cognition, and emotion.
The giant impact theory suggests our Moon was formed from proto-Earth getting a Mars-sized strike. An exoplanet system shows it's plausible.
The cosmic microwave background offers clues.
Salk scientists studied complex decision-making capabilities in a worm with just 302 neurons and a mouth full of teeth. It's smarter than you would think.
2023 is an exciting time for the study of quark-gluon plasmas.
There is one House member for every 761,169 people, which isn't exactly representative.
On Earth, microbial growth is common in lava tubes no matter the location and climate, whether it’s ice-volcano interactions in Iceland or hot, sand-floored lava tubes in Saudi Arabia.
∆G = ∆H - T∆S is one of the most abstract formulas in science, but it is also one of the most important. Without it, life cannot exist.
Seneca thought the use of ice was a "true fever of the most malignant kind."
Can ChatGPT help you power through writer's block?
Like Mars today, Venus used to be a sci-fi superstar. Recent discoveries could re-ignite our interest in Earth’s “evil twin.”
We live in a four-dimensional Universe, where matter and energy curve the fabric of spacetime. But time sure is different from space!
Some authors never saw their books score widespread acclaim—or even get published at all.
The first human trial of base editing delivered strong results along with some safety concerns.
Every year, scientists like George Church get better at editing the genomes of human beings. But will genome editing help or hurt us?
It is easy to mock Nobel Laureates who go astray, but eccentricity often accompanies brilliance. We should have some sympathy.
Fiona Broome remembered Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s (he didn't). Oddly, many people had the same false memory.
Antioxidant vitamins don’t stress us like plants do—and don’t have their beneficial effect.
There may be a faster, less-painful way to use radiation against cancer.
Millions of people have had a near-death experience, and it often leads them to believe in an afterlife. Does this count as good proof?
“The Tao of the wise is to work without effort.”
It’s an agricultural moonshot: Scientists hope to increase plant yields by hacking photosynthesis, the process that powers life on Earth.
High-conflict people are found in all walks of life. Learning how to identify them, and what to do next, can save you much emotional turmoil.
A non-invasive method for looking inside structures is solving mysteries about the ancient pyramid.
The asteroid is expected to come within 140,000 miles of Earth — well inside the moon’s orbit.
The spooky world of quantum mechanics might reach out and touch you — by mutating your DNA. Welcome to the weird world of quantum biology.
It’s not just fun: DNA origami has the potential to revolutionize engineering at the nanoscopic scale.