SCIENCE
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Ask Ethan: Can quantum entanglement survive a black hole?
Quantum entanglement links information between particles across space and time. So what happens when one of them falls into a…
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The 5 biggest obstacles to AI data centers in space
There are plenty of engineering obstacles, and those can be overcome. But you cannot change the laws of physics, and…
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Ask Ethan: Will anything persist when the Universe dies?
This illustration shows a spacetime grid where the grid is being dragged due to rotation, but where expansion farther out…
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Metabolism, not cells or genetics, may have begun life on Earth
A planet that is a candidate for being inhabited will no doubt experience catastrophes, collisions, and extinction-level events on it,…
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Ask Ethan: Can we see the expanding Universe changing?
At the start of the hot Big Bang, the Universe was rapidly expanding and filled with high-energy, very densely packed,…
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Einstein the “lone genius” is a complete myth
Einstein, contrary to the popular narrative, wasn’t a lone genius, but rather only achieved the successes that he did because…
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All claims of extraterrestrial life must pass these 7 hurdles
The Europa Clipper mission represents NASA’s first mission dedicated to exploring an ocean world within our Solar System. Covered in…
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Ask Ethan: How long can the longest-lived star shine?
This graphic compares a Sun-like star with a red dwarf, a typical brown dwarf, an ultra-cool brown dwarf, and a…
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The most important quantum advance of the 21st century
A century ago, quantum physics overthrew our view of a deterministic Universe. A profound 21st century theorem closes the door…
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Ask Ethan: How much damage could a cosmic ray do to a human?
At the upper limits of what’s energetically possible, cosmic rays still persist. What happens if a human gets hit by…
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