Cosmic inflation is the state that preceded and set up the hot Big Bang. Here’s what the Universe was like during that time period.
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One hundred years ago, a Ukrainian flag flew over Vladivostok and other parts of the “Russian” Far East.
Extremely precise atomic clocks are not just of theoretical interest; they could help detect impending volcanic eruptions or melting glaciers.
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The discovery calls into question the few things scientists know about these powerful astronomical phenomena.
How much we enjoy a conversation can all be a matter of timing — specifically, how long it takes us to respond to what was just said.
Marcus Tullius Cicero is widely regarded as one of the most gifted orators in human history. His writings can teach us a lot about the lost art of public speaking.
Presidential gravesites are spread out “democratically” — but this is more by accident than design.
Outfitted with wheels and rotors, the bot can morph from a land drone into a quadcopter in seconds.
In 1934, American Communists translated a Stalinist book about revolution into a children’s game. Curiously, it didn’t catch on.
Tikal, one of the biggest cities the Maya ever built, was home to a vast and flourishing society.
The paradox of failure explains why even a healthy rage-quit won’t keep a good gamer down.
The fictitious 31st-century world portrayed by the series is actually quite a bit like our own in the 21st century.
A photographer captured Bern’s eclectic and charming feline structures.
An analogy explains the greater fool theory: You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away; you just have to run faster than the other guy.
Atomic nuclei form in minutes, atoms form in hundreds of thousands of years, but the “dark ages” rule thereafter, until stars finally form.
For the first time in nearly 1500 years, fewer than half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian.
Impossible standards and poor self-understanding are making us miserable.
Mongol forces never fully conquered the continent, but they played a key role in its historical development.
Many animals practice what looks like self-medication. A new report suggests that chimps tend wounds with insects, often treating each other.
Serving as the inspiration for the modern horror classic “The Blair Witch Project,” what does our fascination with this unsolvable mystery tell us about our modern psyche?
Robinson v. California helped to established a rehabilitative ideal: addiction should be dealt with as a therapeutic matter.
More than 90 percent of people make a mistake on this test.
The use of the letter x as an unknown is a relatively modern convention.
Skilled hunters adapted to the changing landscape and left tantalizing clues to who they were.
Archaeologist Bernard Frischer spent decades uploading the ruins of the Eternal City to the cloud. Here’s what it looks like.
Gods and angels have been replaced with hi-tech extraterrestrials.
The brilliant mind who discovered the spacetime solution for rotating black holes claims singularities don’t physically exist. Is he right?
A 2020 study revived a longstanding controversy over Christopher Columbus’ claims of marauding cannibals in the Caribbean.
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