The Astronomer Who’s About to See the Skies of Other Earths
We know next to nothing about the other 6 billion [...]
Bringing Woolly Mammoths Back from Extinction Might Not be Such a Bad Idea — Ethicists Explain
A US startup has announced plans to bring woolly mammoths, or [...]
The Universe Has Already Made Almost All the Stars It Will Ever Make
In cosmology, Olbers’ paradox asks how a universe loaded [...]
DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth
All life on Earth rests on the same foundation: a [...]
This Physicist Discovered an Escape From Hawking’s Black Hole Paradox
The paradox is now half a century old and it [...]
The ‘Weirdest’ Matter, Made of Partial Particles, Defies Description
Your desk is made up of individual, distinct atoms, but [...]
Is it Possible to Recreate Dinosaurs from their DNA?
As a paleontologist – that’s a scientist who studies ancient [...]
Being Chased, Losing Your Teeth or Falling Down? What Science Says About Recurring Dreams
Having the same dream, again and again, is a well-known [...]
A Gruesome Death: The Macabre Science of Dehydration
When it comes to the ways of death, few people [...]
Earth’s Inner Core is Growing More on One Side than the Other – Here’s Why the Planet isn’t Tipping
The Earth's inner core was discovered through the combined efforts [...]