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How Nobel Prize winner physicist Lev Landau ranked the best physics minds of his generation.

A rare titanosaur embryo was discovered with its skull preserved in 3 dimensions.

43% of people think they can get a sense of someone’s personality by their picture.

If you forgot to defrost your turkey, definitely don’t put it in a deep fryer. Every year, households all across the United States face a troubling dilemma with no good solutions: […]

Positive, romantic thoughts could produce positive, romantic outcomes while dating.

Singapore has approved the sale of a lab-grown meat product in an effort to secure its food supplies against disease and climate change.

MIT professor Azra Akšamija creates works of cultural resilience in the face of social conflict.

An active component of honeybee venom rapidly killed two particularly aggressive forms of breast cancer in a laboratory study.

The federal government and private insurers greatly increased Americans’ telehealth access during the pandemic. Will these changes be permanent?

A new study shows that anxiety has been rapidly increasing among young adults in the U.S. from 2008 to 2018.

On May 4, 1970, the National Guard shot and killed four students during an anti-war protest. The massacre went on to change American culture forever.

‘Kanal Istanbul’ would create a second Bosporus – and immortalize its creator.

Virtual reality continues to blur the line between the physical and the digital, and it will change our lives forever.

By projecting lifetime risk, an alarming new medical study centers the human lives that will be lost due to gun violence and drug addiction in the United States.

The most unique interloper into our Solar System has a natural explanation that fits perfectly — no aliens required.

And if it does strike us, how much damage will it cause? Will near-Earth asteroid Apophis strike us in 2068? Generically, asteroids under ~1 km in size are irregularly shaped, will […]

Christians and Muslims that pick out unconscious patterns are more likely to believe in a god.

Why are the rest masses of fundamental particles related like this? When it comes to the nature of matter in the Universe, the Standard Model describes the known elementary particles perfectly […]

The “overview effect,” experienced by astronauts when they view the Earth from outer space, irrevocably changes your perspective as a human.

New research reveals that because of an optical illusion, we’ve been viewing sperm incorrectly for nearly 350 years.

If a crisis like this only comes once in a hundred years, so does this opportunity.

The mission could launch as soon as the 2030s, the researchers said.

Washing your hands with soap and water can help protect against the coronavirus. But only if you do it correctly.

The drive would provide enough thrust for a spacecraft to travel near the speed of light using only electricity, says physicist Jim Woodward.

Don’t wait until Christmas to gift a telescope this year. All throughout the year, two bright lights have stood out in the post-sunset skies. Earlier this year, on March 31, 2020, […]

In 2011, a bizarre, green object was discovered. At long last, we finally understand why. One of astronomy’s biggest surprises came in 2007, when a mysterious green object was found. […]

“Our mission is to completely replace the use of animals as a food technology by 2035,” said Patrick O. Brown at the 2020 Web Summit.

Move over, Tattooine, and instead feast your eyes on GW Orionis.

Evolutionary success is not about the number of one’s children, but one’s grandchildren: the children need to survive and pass on their genes.