Some stars just get unlucky. There are billions of stars within a typical galaxy. Yet once every 100,000 years or…
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Titanium is a strong, resilient and relatively light metal. Its properties have also been well studied; scientists know a great…
The big idea My colleagues and I have developed a flexible, stretchable electronic device that runs machine-learning algorithms to continuously collect and…
Just a few hundred feet from where we are sitting is a large metal chamber devoid of air and draped…
November 15 2022 marks a milestone for our species, as the global population hits 8 billion. Just 70 years ago, within…
A dominant view in science is that there is a mathematical truth structuring the universe. It is assumed that the…
The story could have been straight out of science fiction – scientists have grown human brain cells in a lab,…
Unlike the carefully scripted dialogue found in most books and movies, the language of everyday interaction tends to be messy…
The big idea A new type of material can learn and improve its ability to deal with unexpected forces thanks…
We all have to make hard decisions from time to time. The hardest of my life was whether or not…