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Mon, 04/16/2018 - 6:00am
The TESS satellite will hitch a ride atop a Falcon 9 rocket to search out new worlds.
Sun, 04/15/2018 - 6:00am
Decades after stumbling upon a stunning coincidence, researchers are close to understanding the link between two seemingly unrelated geometric universes.
Sat, 04/14/2018 - 7:00am
Unearthly celestial events, Martian craters, and Jovian storms.
Sat, 04/14/2018 - 6:00am
Many anti-Trump protesters have turned their attention toward recruiting scientists to run for office in local, state, and congressional offices.
Fri, 04/13/2018 - 7:00am
Pepper is part of the first wave of intelligent machines that promise to not only make our lives easier, but to bring a strange new form of interaction into being.
Fri, 04/13/2018 - 6:00am
"In 2017 we marched for science. In 2018, we vote for science."
Thu, 04/12/2018 - 11:00am
New techniques could help researchers outsource the grunt work of neuroscience.
Thu, 04/12/2018 - 10:00am
Advances have fueled a dramatic upward trend in world-record athletic performances, but the baseball pitch is stuck. The reason is physics.
Thu, 04/12/2018 - 8:00am
Opinion: Before we start colonizing other planets, we have to deal with all the trash we've hurtled into the atmosphere.
Thu, 04/12/2018 - 6:00am
What if some of the Earth-like planets discovered by Kepler aren’t there at all?
Wed, 04/11/2018 - 12:41pm
During a big storm, the bluffs along Ocean Beach can lose 25 to 40 feet. Here's how San Francisco is hedging against sea level rise.
Wed, 04/11/2018 - 12:00pm
A perfectly provable random number generator is the bedrock of good cryptography. This scientist wants to make one.
Tue, 04/10/2018 - 3:35pm
Elon Musk tweeted that a hyperloop test will accelerate to half the speed of sound and brake in just 1.2 kilometers.
Tue, 04/10/2018 - 9:00am
There are real world applications of the stochastic mathematical process known as a random walk—really.
Tue, 04/10/2018 - 7:00am
Soon, anyone curious about their health will be able to request a clinical DNA test—not just doctors.
Mon, 04/09/2018 - 2:55pm
The InSight lander will probe beneath the surface of Mars to understand its geology—unless humans contaminate it first.
Sun, 04/08/2018 - 6:00am
A technique based on genetic bar codes can easily map the connections of individual brain cells in unprecedented numbers. Unexpected complexity in the visual system is only the first secret it has revealed.
Sat, 04/07/2018 - 9:00am
Galaxy NGC 1052-DF2 doesn't seem to contain any dark matter, and scientists have no idea why.
Sat, 04/07/2018 - 6:00am
What does John Nash’s game theory equilibrium concept look like in Rock-Paper-Scissors?
Fri, 04/06/2018 - 12:30pm
An atmospheric river means this weekend is going to be as wet as an entire typical April.