By Phil Plait Someday an unlucky outburst from our sun could strike Earth and fry most of our electronics—and we’ve already had some too-close-for-comfort near…
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Researchers program robots to see if they can learn a very human trait: common sense BY JULIAN SMITH It took just a few decades for computers…
BY R. DOUGLAS FIELDS Electromagnetic signals from cell phones can change your brainwaves and behavior. But don’t break out the aluminum foil head shield just…
By Jane Qiu On the outskirts of Beijing, a small limestone mountain named Dragon Bone Hill rises above the surrounding sprawl. Along the northern side, a…
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For healthy adults who want strong bones, a commonly recommended vitamin doesn’t seem to help, but other things really do By Claudia Wallis Among my…
By Anil Ananthaswamy Originally built to speed up calculations, a machine-learning system is now making shocking progress at the frontiers of experimental quantum physics Quantum physicist…
By Karen Weintraub on December 18, 2019 The technology embeds immunization records into a child’s skin Keeping track of vaccinations remains a major challenge in the developing world,…
Spyridon Michalakis The quantum Hall effect is a macroscopic phenomenon involving electric current across a conducting surface that exhibits quantization—traditionally reserved for the microscopic quantum realm.…
Florida will soon reopen to launches for pole-orbiting spacecraft By Irene Klotz Sixty years ago the U.S. Air Force repurposed its Thor missile as a launch…
By Adam Mann The smallest conceivable length of time might be no larger than a millionth of a billionth of a billionth of a billionth…
A new experiment tracks the transit time of particles burrowing through barriers, revealing previously unknown details of a deeply counterintuitive phenomenon By Anil Ananthaswamy Although it…