Nuclear weapons tests were once a regular occurrence, but most countries haven’t tested in decades, following the adoption of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996. Now, that moratorium ...

When the countdown hit zero on September 23, 1992, the desert surface puffed up into the air, as if a giant balloon had inflated it from below. It wasn’t a balloon. Scientists had exploded a nuclear ...

The government has detailed for the first time how it aims to fulfil its manifesto pledge to work toward phasing out animal testing. The new plans include replacing animal testing for some major ...

The brain is a mere piece of furniture in the vastness of the cosmos, subject to the same physical laws as asteroids, electrons or photons. On the surface, its three pounds of neural tissue seem to ...

The science pros at TKOR put 6 viral video experiments to the ultimate test, separating internet hype from real-life science ...

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that deals in the deep scaffolding of the world: the nature of space, time, causation and existence, the foundations of reality itself. It’s generally ...

Have you ever imagined the solution to a logic problem instead of calculating it? Such “thought experiments” are carried out using one’s imagination rather than doing actual research. Typically ...

The 74 reports that U.S. eighth graders' science skills and interest have declined post-COVID, with proficiency falling from ...

In 2020’s “Tenet,” Christopher Nolan blew up a 747, and for his latest feature, “Oppenheimer,” he recreated the Trinity Test without using visual effects, opting to find a way to do it in-camera ...

Demis Hassabis founded DeepMind to “solve intelligence” and then use that to “solve everything else.” Sam Altman promised that “the gains to quality of life from AI driving faster scientific progress ...

On January 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia will begin a 16-day research mission. On board will be seven science experiments to be carried out by NASA’s Glenn Research Center, Cleveland. The ...

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