Despite all that we’ve learned about the Universe, there remain unanswered, and possibly unanswerable, questions. Could “God” be the answer?
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The results of a recent study suggest that some clinicians might be failing to explore other causes when treating gender dysphoria.
An almost 40-year-old theory finally has ‘smoking gun’ evidence for it. During most of their lives, stars burn stably, changing imperceptibly. The rotten egg nebula, at lower right (and shown in […]
The scientists, not the fossil fuel industry, were right all along. Back in 1990, the world’s top climate scientists convened to put together a report on the state of Earth’s climate. […]
The odds are slim, but the consequences would be devastating. Here’s what would happen, plus how to avoid it.
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!
Despite Betelgeuse’s recent faintening and brightening, I’d bet on these stars instead. Betelgeuse, a nearby red supergiant, will someday explode. The black hole at the center of the Milky Way should […]
The smallest and faintest stars of all, even the failed stars that didn’t make it, are hiding some fascinating secrets. You might have thought that if we were going to […]
In his new book, “The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power,” Jacob Helberg outlines the brewing cyberwar between Western democracies and autocracies like China and Russia.
JWST just found its first transiting exoplanet, and it’s 99% the size of Earth. But with no atmosphere seen, perhaps air is truly rare.
It isn’t just identical particles that can be entangled, but even those with fundamentally different properties interfere with each other.
In his new book “Courage is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave,” Ryan Holiday explores the virtue of courage and how to overcome fear.
We have to use the right definition for the specific question we’re asking. When it comes to the Universe, we frequently characterize objects by examining and reporting on their physical […]
With advanced laser technology and an appropriate sail, we could accelerate objects to ~20% the speed of light. But would they survive?
Yukio Mishima treated his life as if it were a story — one with a surprising and deadly final act.
History’s most effective leaders often worked quietly behind the scenes. Find out the traits to watch for when identifying unseen leadership in your team.
82% of professionals say they’d take a lower-paying job to work for an organization with more ethical business practices. This is just one of the reasons to offer ethics training for employees.
Forget about the terawatt lasers we’re making on Earth. This natural one is thousands of times more powerful than the Sun.
Everyone has pondered what they would do with an extra hour a day. Would they get more sleep or spend more time with family? Spend time on a side project […]
Three of our dimensions are spatial and one is temporal, but could there be more? From any point in space, you are free to move in any direction you choose. No […]
Most of us will never run a 4 minute mile. But on a bicycle, almost anyone can do it. As human beings, we often take for granted how our bodies work. […]
At four million solar masses, the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole is quite small for a galaxy its size. Did we lose the original?
We have pipelines for oil and natural gas. Why not water?
Or is ‘new space’ created in between the gaps of the ‘old’ space? It’s been almost 100 years since humanity first reached a revolutionary conclusion about our Universe: space itself doesn’t […]
Forget little green men: These scientists say we should be more worried about little green germs.
A recent study illuminated surprising differences in how men and women seek help when struggling with relationships.
The Metaverse could be the most dangerous tool of persuasion humanity has ever created.
Standard probiotics cannot compare to the diversity that your microbes have.
Only 3% of physics graduates and 2% of astronomy graduates are Black. That’s got to change. In the late 1990s, about 5% of the approximately 4000 bachelor’s degrees in physics per […]
When three wise men gifted baby Jesus with gold, frankincense, and myrrh, they had no idea one was made from colliding neutron stars.