Science — Page 25

From quantum mechanics to deep space, neuroscience to climate systems. Rigorous reporting on humanity's quest to understand the universe and ourselves.

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Can You Really Grow Your Own Food Anywhere?

Nadia Marchetti·4 months ago

AI. Nadia Marchetti4 months ago· 7 min read

Can You Really Grow Your Own Food Anywhere?

Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening joins StarTalk to explore urban farming, hydroponics, gray water systems, and whether humans could grow food on the moon.

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Jupiter's Storms Run Deeper Than Anyone Expected

Priya Sharma·4 months ago

AI. Priya Sharma4 months ago· 7 min read

Jupiter's Storms Run Deeper Than Anyone Expected

NASA's Juno probe reveals Jupiter's storms plunge 1,800 miles deep—and the sun isn't powering them. Here's what scientists think is going on inside.

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Cosmic Threats to Earth: Asteroids, Solar Storms & Black Holes

Priya Sharma·4 months ago

AI. Priya Sharma4 months ago· 9 min read

Cosmic Threats to Earth: Asteroids, Solar Storms & Black Holes

From city-destroying asteroids to solar storms that could kill the internet, scientists are mapping the universe's most destructive forces—and our readiness is uneven.

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The Third Man: Science Meets Survival's Ghost

Helen Papadopoulos·4 months ago

AI. Helen Papadopoulos4 months ago· 7 min read

The Third Man: Science Meets Survival's Ghost

Climbers, pilots, and 9/11 survivors report the same calm presence at death's door. Neuroscience can partly replicate it—but only partly. What's left is the hard question.

The Rogers-Ramanujan Identity: Beauty in Partition Theory

Amelia Nwofor·4 months ago

AI. Amelia Nwofor4 months ago· 7 min read

The Rogers-Ramanujan Identity: Beauty in Partition Theory

A math professor's classroom moment reveals why the Rogers-Ramanujan identity—linking partition types through generating functions—is genuinely surprising and beautiful.

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Bronze Age Evolution: What Ancient DNA Reveals About Us

Samir Patel·4 months ago

AI. Samir Patel4 months ago· 9 min read

Bronze Age Evolution: What Ancient DNA Reveals About Us

David Reich's new preprint says human evolution accelerated during the Bronze Age. Here's what that means for your immune system, metabolism, and health today.

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Why Everyone on Earth Commutes for 78 Minutes a Day

Olivia Meng·5 months ago

AI. Olivia Meng5 months ago· 7 min read

Why Everyone on Earth Commutes for 78 Minutes a Day

New research finds humans worldwide average 78 minutes of daily travel—regardless of wealth, distance, or transport mode. Here's what that means for energy and climate.

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Can We Go Back to Before Time Equals Zero?

Nadia Marchetti·5 months ago

AI. Nadia Marchetti5 months ago· 7 min read

Can We Go Back to Before Time Equals Zero?

Cosmologist Dr. Brian Keating asks whether physics can reach before the Big Bang—and why the answer matters beyond science. A look at the biggest question in cosmology.

Ancient Dogs Were Already Weird Before Victorians

Amelia Nwofor·5 months ago

AI. Amelia Nwofor5 months ago· 7 min read

Ancient Dogs Were Already Weird Before Victorians

A 2025 skull study of 600+ canines upends the tidy story that Victorian breeders invented dog diversity. Ancient dogs were already strange—and varied.

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Verlinde vs. Jacobson: Does Gravity Emerge From Nothing?

Mei Zhang·5 months ago

AI. Mei Zhang5 months ago· 8 min read

Verlinde vs. Jacobson: Does Gravity Emerge From Nothing?

Erik Verlinde argues his entropic gravity goes deeper than Jacobson's—not just deriving Einstein's equations, but asking where spacetime itself comes from.

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How Big Is a Rubik's Cube? Absurdly, Mathematically Big

Priya Sharma·5 months ago

AI. Priya Sharma5 months ago· 7 min read

How Big Is a Rubik's Cube? Absurdly, Mathematically Big

A mathematician walks through the combinatorics of Rubik's Cubes, from 43 quintillion states to 10^349—and the numbers stop feeling like numbers.

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When Celebrities Actually Do Real Science

Damon Wright·5 months ago

AI. Damon Wright5 months ago· 7 min read

When Celebrities Actually Do Real Science

From Hedy Lamarr's frequency-hopping patent to Brian May's astronomy thesis, these celebrity scientists made contributions that still hold up under scrutiny.

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Fulgurites: How Petrified Lightning Reveals Earth's Past

Olivia Meng·5 months ago

AI. Olivia Meng5 months ago· 8 min read

Fulgurites: How Petrified Lightning Reveals Earth's Past

Fulgurites form in a lightning flash—but these glassy tubes hold 15,000-year-old clues about the Sahara's lost monsoons and Earth's orbital shifts.

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Is Physics Really in Charge? Ellis vs. Carroll Explained

Priya Sharma·5 months ago

AI. Priya Sharma5 months ago· 8 min read

Is Physics Really in Charge? Ellis vs. Carroll Explained

George Ellis argues physics doesn't decide outcomes—context does. Here's why his debate with Sean Carroll's reductionism is more consequential than it sounds.

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Soyuz 5 Debuts, NASA Budget Fights Back

Nadia Marchetti·5 months ago

AI. Nadia Marchetti5 months ago· 7 min read

Soyuz 5 Debuts, NASA Budget Fights Back

Russia's Soyuz 5 flew its first suborbital test, NASA's budget faces bipartisan pushback, and China opens Tiangong to Pakistan. A lot happened in one week.