Although Friday the 13th holds a reputation for bad luck, there is no scientific evidence to suggest that negative events occur at a higher rate…
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Astronomers have been looking for radio waves sent by a distant civilization for more than 60 years. If an alien were to look at Earth,…
10 Times This Year the Webb Telescope Blew Astronomers Away With Stunning New Images of Our Universe
10 Times This Year the Webb Telescope Blew Astronomers Away With Stunning New Images of Our Universe
What looks much like craggy mountains on a moonlit evening is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina…
When two particles are entangled, the state of one is tied to the state of the other. Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon in which the…
Illustration of Saturn and its rings. All of the outer gas giant planets — Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus — have rings around them. Planets…
SKA sites in Australia and South Africa at Night. Credit: SKAO Construction of the world’s biggest radio astronomy facility, the Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKAO),…
Is there a better way to get more treats than resorting to threats of tricks? Halloween is here. It’s the night every year when children…
Illustration of a nuclear weapon blast. As Russia has suffered unexpected battlefield losses in eastern Ukraine, Tactical nuclear weapons have burst onto the international stage.…
Syncing your circadian rhythm to a natural light-dark cycle could improve your health and well-being. Have you ever suffered from jet lag or struggled after…
Extremes of the color gradient of the Eastern San Antonio frog (Hyla orientalis). On the left, a specimen captured in Chernobyl inside the high contamination…
The immune system usually stays dormant in the lungs in times of health. Overactive immune system can cause issues like asthma and allergies, making it…
This year, many vasectomy patients are young or single men concerned about unwanted pregnancy at a time when abortion care may not be as available…
Evolutionary psychology may explain why magical thinking is so central to love. In our current age of science, many people see supernatural forces as illusions…
The math of threes is surprisingly powerful. It’s difficult to imagine that three random words have the power to both map the globe and protect…
The new Omicron BA.5 subvariant has caused a sharp rise in cases and hospitalizations throughout much of the United States. The COVID omicron subvariant known…
Polio is endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2022. Credit: Sarah Poser, Meredith Boyter Newlove/CDC On July 21, 2022, New York state health officials…
A powerful enough laser beam could blind spy satellites. According to a recent report in The Space Review, Russia is building a new ground-based laser…
The monkeypox virus, which causes a rash and other symptoms, can be transmitted through close contact between people. Countries that are United Nations members are…
Precise measurements show that Earth’s rotation has been mysteriously slowing down since 2020, making the day longer. Precise astronomical observations, combined with atomic clocks, have…
TRAPPIST-1e is a rocky exoplanet in the habitable zone of a star 39 light-years from Earth and may have water and clouds, as depicted in…