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Some astrobiologists believe life is rare, while others believe it is common in the Universe. How can we find out which view is correct?
Disgusting behavior is often crucial to survival.
Were Hitler’s SS henchmen willing executioners fueled by racial propaganda or mindless servants vying for promotions?
Can a non-native species be a friend instead of a foe?
The closest star system to Earth, just over 4 light-years away, has three stars and at least one Earth-sized planet. Is it time to go there?
In 1990, we only knew of the planets in our own Solar System. Today, the exoplanet count is more than 5000. Here's what we've learned.
Discussions of human evolution are usually backward looking, as if the greatest triumphs and challenges were in the distant past.
If dark matter exists in a large halo in our galaxy, made up of particles, then it's passing through us constantly. But how much?
Investments in public libraries are a long-term investment in children and communities.
The odds are slim, but the consequences would be devastating. Here's what would happen, plus how to avoid it.
Why power generated through nuclear fusion will be the future, but not the present, solution to humanity's energy needs.
There really might be extraterrestrials out there, attempting to make contact. Here's how science, not fiction, is attempting to find them.
The surface and atmosphere is colored by ferric oxides. Beneath a very thin layer, mere millimeters deep in places, it's not red anymore.
We don't know with 100% certainty where SARS-CoV-2 first came from or how it first infected humans. But not all options are equally likely.
The human brain makes a striking deviation from the normal building plan.
To overcome burnout, we need to change how we think about the relationship between dignity and work, argues Jonathan Malesic.
By taking Satan out of the religious context, storytellers explored the nature of sin in new ways.
Although most of the Universe's mass is dark matter, which gravitates just as well as normal matter, it still can't make black holes.
In 2006, Pluto was demoted in a very controversial decision. Unless you ignore nearly all of planetary science, it'll never be one again.
One of the scariest films of the 1970s didn't set out to be a horror film at all.
Named M51-ULS-1b, it's certainly a curious astronomical event. But the evidence is far too weak to conclude "planet."
Intrapreneurs tap into the spirit of entrepreneurialism to innovate and find personal meaning at work, but organizations need to celebrate their efforts more.
After the 2011 Fukushima disaster, it was Germany, not Japan, that cracked down most severely on nuclear power plants.
Are the stellar remnants in our cosmic backyard actually our parents and grandparents?
Whatever’s lurking out there, it isn’t all, or even mostly, normal matter. When it comes to the Universe, it’s only natural to wonder what, exactly, it is that makes everything up. […]
In Louisiana, high school starts at 7:30 am. Research shows that is at least an hour too early.
We’ve already observed three cases where it’s happened. When you look at an object in space, it’s pretty easy to tell if it’s a star or a planet. Stars are […]
To preserve biodiversity and ecosystems, protected areas should be connected into a gigantic World Park.
Instead of just Afghanistan, the U.S. military ought to withdraw from the entire Middle East and much of the rest of the world.