Science — Page 2
From quantum mechanics to deep space, neuroscience to climate systems. Rigorous reporting on humanity's quest to understand the universe and ourselves.
Ovaries Age Before Menopause, Mouse Study Finds
A new mouse study shows ovaries undergo major aging changes well before menopause—raising questions about fertility, timing, and how little we've studied this organ.
Avi Loeb to Lead White House UAP Council
Avi Loeb to Lead White House UAP Council
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb will lead a new White House UAP council. What the council's structure reveals about whether it's built for science or optics.
Starlink Dog Collars Track Pets From Space
Starlink Dog Collars Track Pets From Space
Fi's new Ultra collar uses Starlink to track dogs anywhere in the U.S. — and a rival AI-powered collar is right behind it. Here's what that really means.
A Black Hole Photon Ring Inspired a New Laser Design
A Black Hole Photon Ring Inspired a New Laser Design
Researchers built a laser using the light-trapping geometry of black hole photon spheres. Here's what the experiment actually shows—and what it doesn't.
Cold Spark Machines Are Hot — Just Not How You Think
Cold Spark Machines Are Hot — Just Not How You Think
Cold spark machines are marketed as safe firework alternatives, but the science tells a more complicated story. Here's what's actually happening inside those sparks.
Triton's Strange Orbit and the Ice Giants' Secrets
Triton's Strange Orbit and the Ice Giants' Secrets
Triton's retrograde orbit, nitrogen geysers, and the chaotic magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune reveal how little we understand our own solar system.
Human Behaviors Science Still Cannot Fully Explain
Human Behaviors Science Still Cannot Fully Explain
From yawning to déjà vu, the human body runs on mechanisms science can measure but not fully explain. Here's what researchers actually know—and don't.
NASA's Artemis Program: What Returning to the Moon Actually Takes
NASA's Artemis Program: What Returning to the Moon Actually Takes
After Artemis 2's successful circumlunar mission, NASA faces extraordinary technical and biological challenges before astronauts can land on the lunar South Pole.
Einstein's Happiest Thought, Explained From First Principles
Einstein's Happiest Thought, Explained From First Principles
Adam Brown unpacks general relativity's core insight—gravity as curved spacetime—and what black holes reveal about energy, time, and the limits of physics.
Neil deGrasse Tyson on UFO Whistleblowers and Alien Life
Neil deGrasse Tyson on UFO Whistleblowers and Alien Life
Neil deGrasse Tyson takes the UFO whistleblowers seriously—but his demand is simple: stop describing aliens and produce one. A rigorous look at what he actually said.
The Aurochs Is Gone. Should We Bring It Back?
The Aurochs Is Gone. Should We Bring It Back?
The wild ancestor of cattle vanished in 1627. Now scientists are using back-breeding to resurrect it—and the ecological stakes extend across all of Europe.
Cold War Flashes and Alien Technosignatures
Cold War Flashes and Alien Technosignatures
Astrophysicist Beatriz Villarroel's VASCO project found mysterious flashes in 1950s sky photos linked to nuclear tests. Here's what the evidence actually shows.
The Solar System May Have Started With Six Giant Planets
The Solar System May Have Started With Six Giant Planets
A new study suggests the early solar system had six giant planets, not four. Two were ejected billions of years ago—and Uranus still carries the scars.
The Differential Equations That Map Physical Reality
The Differential Equations That Map Physical Reality
DIBEOS walks through 23 foundational differential equations in physics—from Newton's second law to the Dirac equation—with genuine pedagogical clarity.
How the Brain Decides What Is Real and What Is Not
How the Brain Decides What Is Real and What Is Not
UCL neuroscientist Nadine Dijkstra explains how the brain constructs reality, why imagination isn't hallucination, and what breaks when the system fails.
Black Holes, Colliding Galaxies, and the Chaotic Universe
Black Holes, Colliding Galaxies, and the Chaotic Universe
Astrophysicist Mordecai-Mark Mac Low joins StarTalk to unpack galaxy collisions, planets orbiting black holes, dark matter, and why the universe is messier than we thought.
Texas Chupacabra Sighting Explained by DNA Analysis
Texas Chupacabra Sighting Explained by DNA Analysis
A Texas police dash cam captured a bizarre creature in 2008. DNA testing later revealed what it actually was — and the answer is stranger than fiction.
Ten Discoveries That Rewired How We See Everything
Ten Discoveries That Rewired How We See Everything
From CRISPR to dark energy, ten scientific breakthroughs that didn't just change their fields — they changed what questions we're allowed to ask.
Conformal Gravity: A Case Against Dark Matter
Conformal Gravity: A Case Against Dark Matter
Professor Philip Mannheim argues dark matter doesn't exist—and his conformal gravity theory fits 138 galaxies without it. Here's what the evidence actually shows.
How Tectonic Forces Shaped the European Continent
How Tectonic Forces Shaped the European Continent
From 3-billion-year-old Norwegian rocks to the Alps still rising today, Europe's geological story is wilder than any human history we know.