In Louisiana, high school starts at 7:30 am. Research shows that is at least an hour too early.
MIT researchers design glue that mimics the sticky substance barnacles use to cling to rocks.
We should not romanticize ancient Egyptian culture.
Galaxies can have regions both hotter and colder than the background radiation of the Universe. When we talk about the depths of space, we get this picture in our heads […]
The design could help restore motor function after stroke, enhance virtual gaming experiences.
These enormous centipedes are straight out of science fiction.
Sometimes, new combinations of preexisting things revolutionize life.
Let’s celebrate the progress, but put the cork back in the champagne bottle.
The world is full of great mysteries. This is one of them.
Galaxies can die if their star-making stuff is lost. But now it can find its way back.
Theoretically, we know what happened on the red planet. Here’s how we’ll find out whether we’re right. When it comes to the worlds beyond Earth in our Solar System, it’s only […]
Surrounding Earth is a powerful magnetic field created by swirling liquid iron in the planet’s core. Earth’s magnetic field may be nearly as old as the Earth itself – and […]
How the brain decides what to store and what to forget.
Russian movies continue to be used as a mouthpiece for the country’s political leadership.
One of the best-known allegorical depictions of love has a rather pessimistic male twin.
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 […]
Yes, the magnetosphere is weakening. It does that from time to time.
Searching for happiness in the midst of personal or societal crises are nothing new.
The universe’s largest seismometer reveals clues about the Gas Giant’s interior.
Our brains did not evolve to shop on Amazon.
To preserve biodiversity and ecosystems, protected areas should be connected into a gigantic World Park.
When you mix science with speculation, you get speculation. But the underlying science is still real. Whenever you hear the phrase, “it’s just a theory,” it should trigger alarm bells in […]
Thales may have known the famous theorem perhaps as much as half a century before Pythagoras.
Even the most unorthodox posthumous plans have their own historical, spiritual, and scientific significance.
Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York is the kind of film that makes you laugh and cry at the same time.
It could evolve, strengthen, decay, or not be alone. Our known Universe contains matter, radiation, and dark energy. While matter (both normal and dark) and radiation become less dense as […]
Birthrates are cyclical and have gone up and down throughout history.
If you had perfect foreknowledge of the blessings and tragedies that will come in your life, would you make the same choices anyway?
The stars stood no chance against the more-massive black holes.
As important as his Nobel Prize-winning technical accomplishments was his ability to communicate to the public.