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Searching for life on other planets requires more than just measuring their distances from their stars. A future NASA telescope…
Doing the mental work of connecting the dots across multiple web queries appears to help people understand the material…
Pecans are a truly American nut: They grew on George Washington’s estate, and they flew to space on an Apollo mission.
Academic freedom grew strongly after World War II, with greater university funding, protections and autonomy, yet global…
To overcome two challenges in training AI – scarce or hard-to-get data and data privacy – researchers have come up with…
Guilt and discomfort around food can be especially challenging during the holidays. But trusting your body and remembering…
We are indeed still evolving, though it can be hard to tell because it happens over generations and often involves things…
A communications researcher lays out the dynamics of conspiracy theory belief and why they gain traction in times of anxiety…
Jeff Bezos’s aerospace company Blue Origin is now the second, after SpaceX, to land a rocket booster for reuse.
China has created more space debris than any other country. But as its space program grows, it has more to lose from a collision…
The technology that has helped propel the simulation theory may be new, but the questions it explores are ancient.
The twin spacecraft Blue and Gold could open a new era in space exploration and planetary science, powered by commercial…
Scientists across all fields make various types of claims about their innovations. Validity tests check whether they deliver…
Is time real, or an illusion? The best answer may be neither: Both physics and philosophy suggest that time is a projection…
Down syndrome results in changes to the structure and function of neural circuits in the brain. Delivering a specific protein…
Moving tiny particles through materials quickly can improve the efficiency of a variety of technologies.
Motion data is well known for improving athletic performance and rehab. Thanks to AI, it’s also turning motion into another…
A pediatric dentist and an anthropologist explain how baby teeth and adult teeth help humans chomp their food over a long…
James Dewey Watson is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the structure of DNA. Controversy around who should…