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Tech designed to fuse atoms might be able to clean up space, too.
Astronomer Adam Frank reflects on some responses to his recent appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast.
Want to get ahead at work? It ain’t what you say, it’s the way that you say it — and adaptability is essential.
The TRAPPIST-1 system is a treasure trove of possibilities and questions. Observations by JWST have just begun.
Einstein’s general relativity has reigned supreme as our theory of gravity for over a century. Could we reduce it back down to Newton’s law?
The number of planets that could support life may be far greater than previously thought, a recent discovery suggests.
In “Enough Is Enuf,” Gabe Henry traces the history of simplified spelling movements and the lessons they teach us about language.
The cat-and-mouse game between China and the world’s semiconductor companies is already having enormous consequences.
An excerpt from “Memory,” a primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.
Most people think that writing fantasy or science-fiction requires a strong imagination. Podcast host Mike Duncan shows a knowledge of real-world history is just as important.
Fixing chronic pain in the body may sometimes require a treatment focused on the brain.
We all spend way too much time worrying what other people think of us — it’s time to cut loose.
While the concept stretches back centuries, it has garnered significant attention in recent decades.
As democracy recedes and fascism rises in the USA and around the world in 2025, history provides a lesson in how science can fight fascism.
“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
Finding a tiny planet around bright stars dozens or hundreds of light-years from Earth is extremely difficult.
Lord Kelvin is thought to have said there was nothing new to discover in physics. His real view was the opposite.
One of the most promising dark matter candidates is light particles, like axions. With JWST, we can rule out many of those options already.
There was a lot of hype and a lot of nonsense, but also some profoundly major advances. Here are the biggest ones you may have missed.
Stories of child prodigies and the naturally gifted hide the fact that success is built on more than talent alone.
Daydreaming can be a pleasant pastime, but people who suffer from maladaptive daydreaming are trapped by their fantasies.
We all see beauty the same way.
Pure cinema is about removing redundancy so that even the smallest detail serves a purpose in relation to the bigger picture.
As cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes once and only once, or chaos would ensue. How do they do it? Key controls happen well before replication even starts.
Can ChatGPT help you power through writer’s block?
Finding alien technology on the seafloor would be truly incredible. This extraordinary claim, however, is debunked by the actual evidence.
Hubble revolutionized astronomy more than once. Here’s what we can expect from the James Webb Space Telescope.
Astronomers have been looking for radio waves sent by a distant civilization for more than 60 years.