Science and Technolgy blog
They say that going to space changes you. The idea is that people get a new perspective from seeing our world from above. It’s called the Overview Effect. But a new project offers clues to how spaceflight also changes our…
Ultraprocessed foods have been tied to various health risks — but what are they, exactly?
What’s the secret to Homo sapiens’ success as a species?
While headlines around the world claimed that ancient galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope were “breaking” our understanding of the Big Bang, the truth is much more nuanced — and much more interesting.
Command module pilot Michael Collins took this iconic Apollo 11 photo 55 years ago today, after his historic trip around the far side of the moon made him “the world’s loneliest man”.
Animals are disappearing too fast for researchers to record all of the extinctions we’ve caused.
This bizarre animal lives on the seabed and uses its large hand-like fins to move walk around.
The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just two years of operations, but how can it see a galaxy 33.8 billion light-years away in a universe that is only 13.8 billion years old?
When a dog looks strikingly like its owner, is that a coincidence or is there more to the story?
Brief blasts of light might make some materials into fleeting superconductors. Magnetic measurements strengthen the case for this controversial claim.
