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Even though Earth is floating in the void, it does not exist in a vacuum. The planet is constantly bombarded by stuff from space, including a... Read More
We're in a bull market for "Crisis in Physics!" stories at the moment. This is a thing that happens from time to time, the most memorable... Read More
I may be remiss in not knowing who Scott Aaronson is, as I gather he's quite well known. He's the David J. Bruton Centennial Professor of... Read More
Having sex too soon is the biggest regret of young people losing their virginity, a survey of British sexual behaviour suggests.More than a... Read More
The American Psychological Association is on the defensive over its newly released clinical guidance (PDF) for treating boys and men, which... Read More
There's life on the Moon! Plant life, that is. Cotton seeds have reportedly just sprouted in an experiment aboard China's Chang'e 4 Moon... Read More
Years ago, Sid O'Bryant learned that his grandmother was showing signs of a failing memory: she often got lost driving and needed notes... Read More
When it comes to fighting global warming, trees have emerged as one of the most popular weapons. With nations making little progress... Read More
Physicists at CERN have unveiled a blueprint for a huge 100 km-circumference particle smasher that would be used to study the Higgs boson in... Read More
Does the language you speak influence how you think? This is the question behind the famous linguistic relativity hypothesis, that the... Read More
Come one, come all and behold the future of space travel: steam power!No, seriously; half a century after the world's first manned space... Read More
When an academic makes a research breakthrough, two things can happen in the public consciousness: nothing, or something. It's hard to know... Read More
Teenagers who report using recreational marijuana just once or twice display increased volume of numerous brain regions, according to a study... Read More
11,500 years ago in what is now northeast Jordan, people began to live alongside dogs and may also have used them for hunting, a new study... Read More
Even without a brain or a nervous system, the Venus flytrap appears to make sophisticated decisions about when to snap shut on potential... Read More
New research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research has identified a backup for an important biological system – the... Read More
Synthetic biology is like genetic engineering on steroids. Using cutting edge computational design, synthetic biology aims to design novel... Read More
Remember Innerspace, the comedy sci-fi movie from the ‘80s about a microscopic manned pod injected into a human? Although we're years... Read More
This year has had its share of science and technology advances from Army researchers. The RDECOM Research Laboratory, the Army's corporate... Read More
Researchers from 15 institutions have completed the most comprehensive genomic analysis of the human brain yet, generating new insight into... Read More
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(via PBS Space Time) Astronomers are the worst at naming things. Dark energy AND dark matter? Who can remember which is which. But perhaps one astronomer has just fixed it, with a theory that says perhaps actually they are they same stuff. Read More
A British geneticist is worried that He Jiankui—the Chinese scientist responsible for the birth of genetically modified human twins—could face the death penalty for corruption and bribery charges.When He Jiankui went missing back in early December, we suspected big trouble ahead for the rogue scientist, but as Sarah Knapton reports in the Telegraph, his predicament is even worse than we though Read More
