Your book argues that the flow of energy and matter structures the evolution of life and is how metabolism conjures genes into existence. Whats the most compelling reason to think metabolism, not gen… [+3518 chars]
From the smallest bacterium to the greatest galaxy, death looms on the horizon; even if, in cosmic terms, the time scales are too large for us to truly comprehend. Eventually, even the Universe itsel… [+4029 chars]
For as long as humans have been sending probes to Mars, there’s been a desire to return rock, soil, and atmosphere samples back to Earth for more detailed analysis. But the physics of such a mission … [+5224 chars]
Stars, moons, planets and galaxies were the hot topics of conversation after NASA released jaw-dropping new photos from the James Webb Space Telescope earlier this summer. But, outside of the occas… [+8451 chars]
When humans, animals, and machines move throughout the world, they always push against something, whether it's the ground, air, or water. Until recently, physicists believed this to be a constant, fo… [+3577 chars]
Super-Earth is located 37 light-years from us. Scientists have discovered a Super-Earth that is four times the mass of our planet and takes just 10.8 days to complete a whole year. According to th… [+2236 chars]
Two atoms inflated to an almost comical size and cooled to a fraction above absolute zero have been used to generate a robust, insanely fast two-qubit quantum gate that could help overcome some of qu… [+3833 chars]
It has never been detected, only speculated. But scientists estimate that up to 85% of the matter in the universe could be made of what's called dark matter. Scientists cannot define dark matter wit… [+9237 chars]
Such a phenomenon has been theorized to exist before and is explained by the fact that as gas descends into a supermassive black hole, brilliant flares of X-ray emissions are produced -- exactly as s… [+1980 chars]
A gigantic new telescope, which will be more powerful than any that currently exist, just got a big boost of funding - $205 million - that will turbocharge its construction so that it can help to unl… [+6099 chars]
This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the red planet. There's some good news from Mars, and there's some odd news from Mars. First, the good news: NASA's Perseverance rover su… [+2425 chars]
