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A Warp Drive Breakthrough Inches a Tiny Bit Closer to ‘Star Trek’

A team of physicists has discovered that it’s possible to build a real, actual, physical warp drive...

Don’t Believe the Biggest Myth About Heat Pumps

If you’re one of the 100 percent of humans who lives somewhere warmer than –460 Fahrenheit, we’ve...

Biological puzzles abound in an up-close look at a human brain

It’s a bit like seeing a world in a grain of sand. Except the view, in this...

Two real-world tests of quantum memories bring a quantum internet closer to reality

In the quest to build a quantum internet, scientists are putting their memories to the test. Quantum...

Two distinct neural pathways may make opioids like fentanyl so addictive

Fentanyl’s powerful pull comes from both the potent, rapid euphoria people feel while on the drug and...

Here’s how ice may get so slippery 

The surface of ice is a slippery subject. For more than 160 years, scientists have been debating...

Young people’s use of diabetes and weight loss drugs is up 600 percent 

Meghan Rosen is a staff writer who reports on the life sciences for Science News. She...

Neuralink’s First User Is ‘Constantly Multitasking’ With His Brain Implant

In 2016, Noland Arbaugh suffered a spinal cord injury while swimming in a lake. The details are...

The neutrino’s quantum fuzziness is beginning to come into focus

Neutrinos are known for funny business. Now scientists have set a new limit on a quantum trait...

The World Is Ignoring the Other Deadly Kind of Carbon

Once again, vast expanses of Canadian wilderness are on fire, threatening towns and forcing thousands to flee....

One of the world’s earliest farming villages housed surprisingly few people

A farming-fueled baby boom long thought to have sparked the rise of ancient cities in southwest Asia...

The Complex Social Lives of Viruses

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Ever since viruses came to light in the...
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