Ethan Siegel, Big Think
Here on Earth, as well as elsewhere throughout the Universe, a tremendous variety of naturally occurring elements can be found. More than 90 species of atoms — from...
Hameroff, Bandyopadhyay, & Lauretta, iai
Most scientists believe that consciousness came after life, as a product of evolution. But observations of extraterrestrial organic material, along...
Dave Levitan, Splinter
The U.K.-based climate think tank Ember released its
Weiss & Squire, Business Insider
Brain-eating worms? Not likely.
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Adam Higginbotham, Smithsonian
The first space shuttle mission of 1984, the launch of Challenger on the cool, windless morning of Friday, February 3, was apparently perfect—and...
Passant Rabie, Gizmodo
The future of space travel depends on our ability to reach celestial pit stops faster and more efficiently. As such, NASA is working with a technology development...
Sarah Scoles, Undark
In April 2023, a satellite the size of a microwave launched to space. Its goal: to get ready to mine asteroids. While the mission, courtesy of a company called...
Clare Watson, Science Alert
A centuries-old lock of hair that turned out to be from an unknown woman and advanced genomic sequencing technologies in 2023
Henry Miller, Genetic Literacy Project
I became interested in anomalies of the human sex chromosomes, X and Y, as a medical student when I had a patient with a rare genetic condition that...
Univ of Pittsburgh
A new study led by University of...
EurekAlert!
The rapid advancement in photonic integrated circuits (PICs), whichcombine multiple optical devices and functionalities on a single chip, has revolutionized optical...
Cornell University
Conversational agents (CAs) such as Alexa and Siri are designed to answer questions, offer suggestions - and even display empathy.
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MIT
When scientists look for an earthquake's cause, their search often starts underground. As centuries of seismic studies have made clear, it's the collision of tectonic plates and the...