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The most comprehensive survey of energy in the nearby universe shows that the energy produced today is only half what it was 2 billion years ago, across all wavelengths.

Live Science - The oldest known human DNA found yet reveals human evolution was even more confusing than thought, researchers say. The DNA, which dates back some …

Quantum physics is a weird world. It studies subatomic particles, which are the essential building blocks of reality. All matter, including ourselves are

Bill Nye is back with part two of his radio appearance, where he and co-host Chuck Nice delve even deeper into the Science Guy’s controversial flip-flop on genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Tonight’s new podcast: More controversial Cosmic Queries: GMOs (Part 2) w/ guest host @BillNye & @ChuckNiceComic: http://t.co/WC7rTkpAGb — StarTalk (@StarTalkRadio) July 19, 2015 You can listen to the StarTalk […]

Two new studies offer dueling theories.

I tell you, the Careers section of Science magazine is a perpetual source of pain and aggravation. In the latest, Eleftherios Diamandis explains exactly what you need to do to be a success in scien…

Maria Konnikova writes about recent research on why our brains and bodies need sleep.

Einstein's theory of relativity has an intimidating reputation, but the whole theory can be traced back to a single principle that's simple enough to fit on a bumper sticker: The laws of physics do not depend on how you're moving.

Quantum theorist Christopher Fuchs explains how to solve the paradoxes of quantum mechanics.

Whether it is an entire history (i.e. Chinese history, Italian history) or a certain timeframe from a country's history (i.e. Roman Republic, Nazi...

Not unlike the fading tones of a ringing crystal goblet, the spacetime continuum andthe universe itself may be oscillating through billions of years of cosmic time, say two U.S. physicists. In a paper recently published in The Astronomical Journal, physicists Harry Ringermacher and Lawrence Mead at the University of Southern Mississippi [...]

Medical and scientific research has a lot wrong with it---so who can you really trust? The truth is out there; here's where to start looking for it.

Tensor networks could connect space-time froth to quantum information.

The worldview of modern physics teases us with spiritual suggestions like the discovery—premature it seems—of the “God particle.” That nickname embarrasses some in the field, but ever since Fritjof Capra’s book The Tao of Physics, the links between Eastern spiritual traditions and the findings of quantum physics have been tantalizing.   Now they are much […]