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The Mystery of How Supermassive Black Holes Merge

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Galaxies have been merging into ever-bigger structures over...

The $60 Billion Potential Hiding in Your Discarded Gadgets

This story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.I meet Baba...

Tune In to the Healing Powers of a Decent Playlist

Beliefs and practices about music's ability to heal the mind, body, and spirit date back to the...

Returning the Amazon Rainforest to Its True Caretakers

In 2025, a small, indigenous nation that calls itself the “people of many colors” will go home...

How the World Can Cope Better With Extreme Rainfall and Flooding

The tragic flooding that hit Spain’s Valencia region in late October, killing more than 200 people, was...

Tryptophan Isn’t What Puts You Under on Thanksgiving. It’s the Carbs

Every year, I promise myself I’m not going to eat myself into a food coma: I’ll eat...

The Whole Story of How Humans Evolved From Great Apes

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution...

The Physics of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons

Have you ever seen a child with a balloon? It’s fun to watch. Kids pay attention to...

Why an Offline Nuclear Reactor Led to Thousands of Hospital Appointments Being Canceled

Sliding gingerly into the pipe like a worm exploring its lair, the endoscopic camera found its target....

3 Simple Rules to Beat the Downsides of Aging

We humans may be the only species that is aware of our mortality. We are obsessed with...

Combining AI and Crispr Will Be Transformational

In 2025, we will see AI and machine learning begin to amplify the impact of Crispr genome...

It’s Time to Make the Internet Safer for Kids

In the real world, we have more than a century of experience figuring out how to share...
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