SCIENCE
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The USA’s Genesis Mission: moonshot or madness?
The Department of Energy’s newest mission seeks to make a unified AI platform across all national labs. Will it help…
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Starts With A Bang podcast #124 — Astrochemistry
It takes a wide variety of processes in the Universe to make all the elements that populate space today. We’re…
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Does science reveal the absolute truth about reality?
Science isn’t absolute. Its truths and discoveries enable us to approximate reality, but we must always remain open-minded to revisions.…
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The LHC’s best 2025 discovery points the way to new physics
Some vital, key ingredients must be in place for the Universe to make more matter than antimatter. The LHC took…
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Ask Ethan: Can we ever observe a proton decaying?
As the lightest baryon in the Universe, the proton is thought by many to be eternally stable. But if it…
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Will new physics affect our Universe’s far future?
We have a picture of how and when it will all come to an end. These three big ideas could…
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Ask Ethan: What’s the point of exploring the Universe?
There are so many problems, all across planet Earth, that harm and threaten humanity. Why invest in researching the Universe?…
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The Moon’s two faces don’t match, and we think we know why
The far side of the Moon is incredibly different from the Earth-facing side. 66 years later, we know why the…
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Ask Ethan: Is there really a “dark side” of the Moon?
One side of the Moon always faces us: the near side. The “dark side” of the Moon began as a…
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Ring galaxies, the rarest galaxy type of all, are finally understood
Spirals, ellipticals, and irregulars are all more common than ring galaxies. At last, we know how these ultra-rare objects are…
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