The third in a three-part series on the history of research on the origin of life.
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The encyclopedia offers more “reliable” information than Wikipedia, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Around 9 percent of the U.S. population believe the Pizzagate theory is true.
The top of Mauna Kea is the ideal physical site for this new, ready-to-be-built telescope. But that’s far from the only concern. For many years, astronomers have looked forward to a […]
The move reflects a broader nationwide effort to lower prices of the life-saving drug.
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Scientists find common chemicals can negatively impact pregnant women.
It turns out, letting your partner know you appreciate them leads to a stronger relationship. Who’d have thunk?
The object, originally dubbed “Ultima Thule,” was renamed to “Arrokoth” due to the connection between the word “Thule” and the Nazis.
The second in a three-part series on the history of research on the origin of life.
We’ve known this virus was coming. We just didn’t do anything about it.
Observations have been ruined; scientific satellites with the right-of-way have had to alter course. Here’s a how-to guide to doing better. In any field of business or industry, the prevailing rule […]
New research on ankle exoskeletons show promising results.
Scientists actively researching this have known the answer for quite some time. It’s time for everyone to catch up. The Big Bang happened 13.8 billion years ago, and is generally regarded […]
The Planck length is a lot smaller than anything we’ve ever accessed. But is it a true limit? If you wanted to understand how our Universe operates, you’d have to examine […]
It’s the ultimate way to go… and yet, it still isn’t what you’d expect. There are many terrifying ways that the Universe can destroy something. In space, if you tried to […]
Animals are adapting all the time these days to stay out of our way.
New software makes lab work go much faster—and hastens the search for cures.
By the time John Paul DeJoria founded John Paul Mitchell Systems, he’d already sold encyclopedias on commission door-to-door, and he understood the importance of persistence in the face of rejection. […]
Many of the bathrooms uncovered at Pompeii and elsewhere were communal.
Few scientific ideas have been as polarizing as string theory. There are good reasons to both love it and hate it. String theory is perhaps the most controversial big idea in […]
A new immunotherapy treatment is showing positive signs in early-stage clinical trials.
It’s perhaps the most famous equation of all, with lessons about reality for every one of us. If you’ve ever heard of Albert Einstein, chances are you know at least one […]
Just because an idea is fashionable doesn’t mean it’s relevant for our Universe. One of the greatest unsolved puzzles in all of science is dark energy. The Universe isn’t just […]
Astronomy’s enduring quest is to go farther, fainter, and more detailed than ever before. Here’s the edge of the cosmic frontier. Astronomers have always sought to push back the viewable […]
It’s very different from the colloquial meanings of “true-and-false” or “right-and-wrong.” In many ways, the human endeavor of science is the ultimate pursuit of truth. By asking the natural world […]
There are three answers depending on what you consider the “edge,” but only two of them are known. If you were to go as far out into space as you can […]
How an off-the-radar Nobel Prize brings us ever nearer to finding a major cure.
Dark matter’s naysayers latched onto one tiny puzzle. This new find may have solved it completely. Imagine the largest cosmic smashup you can. Take the largest gravitationally bound structures we […]
Your microbiome begins in your mouth. Why don’t we look there more often?