A SETI scientist proposes an idea that extraterrestrials have been listening in on Earth all this time with probes hidden in nearby space objects. ( I...
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Light 10 Billion Times Brighter Than The Sun May Unravel Text Of Ancient Herculaneum Scrolls
The scrolls were buried and preserved in a villa in Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. Scientists may soon unravel the content of these...
Scientists debunk a common myth about climate change
How much climate change is natural? How much is man made?As someone who has been working on climate change detection and its causes for over 20 years,...
Mass extinctions made life on Earth more diverse – and might again
Ton Bangkeaw/ShutterstockIn the past half-billion years, Earth has been hit again and again by mass extinctions, wiping out most species on the planet...
Why NASA's Annoyed About Elon Musk's Giant Rocket
SpaceX has never flown a person into space in its Crew Dragon, its first crew-capable spacecraft. But already the company is showing off its much bigg...
Are we ready for aliens? NASA's chief scientist has given his answer
Hundreds of Hollywood movies have prepared us for the moment when we finally encounter alien life, but NASA chief scientist Jim Green still doesn’t th...
Scientists can now quickly make huge amounts of psilocybin to treat depression
Considered a narcotic with “no legitimate medical purpose” by the United States government, “magic mushrooms” are increasingly linked to promising hea...
One-two punch knocks cancer cells out
Credit: CC0 Public DomainA classic boxing move, the "one-two punch," could also be effective against cancer: a left jab knocks cancer cells senseless,...
Just try to pretend this new NASA snapshot isn't the most incredible thing you've seen today
With some of the most powerful imaging tools on Earth at its disposal, NASA and its scientists have captured countless lovely images of the cosmos ove...