Once considered geologically impossible, earthquakes in stable regions like Utah and Groningen can actually occur due to long-inactive faults that slowly “heal” and strengthen over millions of years.
How do we know the speed of light – and why does it have a speed limit at all? Leah Crane explores the history of one of the most important numbers in the universe ...
The possibility that our entire universe merely exists inside a computer simulation is more than an idle science fiction ...
A massive comet known as 3I/ATLAS that was first discovered zooming across the solar system over the summer showed signs of ...
CEO Elon Musk criticized Bill Gates‘ scientific knowledge, despite Gates’ Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) being a tech giant. Bill ...
The natural complexity of the universe should phase out the possibility of some advanced civilization controlling reality ...
This is not just about one device. It’s about what happens when institutions grow comfortable living in their own ambiguity and hiding behind opacity.” ...
Grace Chan, author of Every Version of You, the November read for the New Scientist Book Club, explores the philosophical ...
A mathematical proof has finally debunked the idea that we live in a simulation, according to a group of international ...
Butterfly wings get their color in ways that almost feel impossible. Up close, each wing is made of countless tiny scales that either hold pigment or manipulate light.
It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...