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With sodium-sensitive eyes, we’d see it every new Moon. With no detectable gases, the Moon appears to be atmosphere-free. The Moon as seen from a view above the majority of Earth’s […]
Most popular songs are about love and heartache. But some great songs — albeit underrated and perhaps a bit weird — are about the cities we love.
We once thought the Moon was completely airless, but it turns out it has an atmosphere, after all. Even wilder: It has a tail of its own.
These 5 research-backed tips can turn bad habits into financial gain.
“Less is better” is not a catchy marketing slogan, but one doctor who didn’t shower for five years thinks there’s a lot of truth to it.
Voyage into the lawless world of experimental literature.
As a physician, John Pringle helped reinvent hygiene; as a husband, he destroyed a woman’s life with his abuse.
For the fewer than 50 people with this blood type, finding a blood transfusion could be extremely difficult.
After 70 years, “The Power of Positive Thinking” remains incredibly popular, even though its critics find the book to be mostly fluff.
Civil engineer Martin Lebek has a brilliant plan to redress the world’s phosphorus imbalance.
New blood types are regularly discovered by an unusual absence or an unusual presence — both of which can result in tragedy.
The popular game has a backstory rife with segregation, inequality, intellectual theft, and outlandish political theories.
The James Webb Space Telescope finally could answer the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universe.
In 1995, Hubble peered at the Pillars of Creation, forever changing our view. Now in 2022, JWST completes the star-forming puzzle.
From succubi to aliens, stories of abductions or other unsettling encounters have been with us for millennia. What explains them?
Philosophers and scientists spent millennia arguing about the nature of light. It turned out to be stranger than anyone imagined.
Movie soundtracks don’t just help us recall the plot of a film; they also allow us to better understand its meaning.
Many key inventions were unique: one-offs.
In America, Cup Noodles has succeeded by hiding its Japanese roots.
The Universe’s idea of a ‘typical star’ has changed dramatically over time. When you look out at the Universe today, you’re not seeing it exactly as it is at one particular […]
If you go young, blue, and massive, you top out at 50,000 K. That’s peanuts! Surprise! The biggest, most massive stars aren’t always the hottest. Although its neighbor, Messier 42, […]
There are ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way, and ~2 trillion galaxies in the visible Universe. But what if we aren’t typical?
Determining if the universe is infinite pushes the limits of our knowledge.
For several weeks after considering the ethics of eating meat, participants in an experiment changed their eating habits.
How to deal with “epistemic exhaustion.”
In both visible light and infrared, we get a preview of the spectacular advances that await the James Webb Space Telescope. What astronomers see isn’t just determined by the telescope […]
Maybe 100% of stars don’t have planets, after all. When stars form in the Universe, they’re created in giant bursts. A stellar nursery in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy […]