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An attosecond—or 0.000000000000000001 second—is no time at all for a person. That is not so for electrons, atoms and ...
Thanks to A.I., companies like WindBorne hope to usher in a golden age of forecasting. But they rely in part on government ...
According to a provocative new study, that might just be our cosmic address. This idea is meant to solve one of the biggest ...
Putting your weight into opening a door (say, with your shoulder) is easier than using your hands. Sliding heavy cardboard ...
It’s not every day that a newsletter begins with an aperitif. And yet, what better image to capture the spirit that drives us ...
Happy birthday, Cancer! Your love life is like seeing someone’s e-bike get stolen with an angle grinder in broad daylight: something feels off, but sparks will fly.
The question of how life began has captivated humanity for millennia. Now, a team of scientists are preparing to use NASA's ...
Recent physics studies have found that light can sometimes flow in unexpected ways, behaving like a so-called "superfluid." ...
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A new study suggests that even across cultures, there is a lot of similarity in where humans find purpose in life and how it ...
The universe isn’t just a vast collection of inanimate objects,could it actually be alive? From Earth’s motion to the dance ...
Super Agers author Eric Topol unpacks the rise of biological age tests—from organ clocks to immune system clocks—and how they might revolutionize early diagnosis of disease ...