Science & Space

Discover breakthroughs, weird facts, and big questions driving the future of science, space exploration, and discovery.

Stargazers Take Note: Best Places In The Country To View The Next Big Meteor Shower

Most people have never actually seen a true meteor shower. They’ve seen a stray streak across the sky and called ...
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Every State's Most Famous Cryptid – And The Bizarre Science Behind Them

Image credits: Unsplash America is a vast country, and it turns out vastness leaves a lot of room for things ...
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Why A Bizarre Change In Earth's Magnetic Field Has Scientists Worried

Image credits: Pixabay Something strange is happening roughly 1,800 miles beneath your feet. Deep inside Earth’s outer core, churning rivers ...
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What Your Favorite Celestial Body Says About Your Personality Focus

Image credits: Unsplash There’s something quietly telling about which object in the night sky stops you cold. Some people scan ...
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The Ice-Shelf Oceans: The Complex Fluid Dynamics of Enceladus' Under-Ice Tides

Image credits: Unsplash Saturn’s moon Enceladus is small enough to fit comfortably inside the borders of the continental United States, ...
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20-Minute Delay: How Mindful Eating Aligns the Stomach with the Brain

Image credits: Pixabay Most people have experienced it: finishing a large meal and feeling fine, only to feel uncomfortably stuffed ...
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What Loving Black Holes vs. Nebula Photos Says About Your Relationship with Mystery

Image credits: Flickr There’s a quiet question hiding inside every scroll through NASA’s image galleries: why does one person stop ...
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The Subtle Art of Behavioral Mirroring and How It Builds Trust

Image credits: Pexels Most of us have experienced moments where a conversation just flows, where the other person seems to ...
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Planting Memories: How Easily Our Recollections Can Be Rewritten by Suggestion

Memory feels personal, vivid, even sacred. Most people trust their recollections the way they trust their own name. Yet decades ...
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Seven Seconds: How the Brain Makes Up Its Mind About a Stranger

Image credits: Pixabay There’s a moment that happens in every first encounter, so brief you’d never notice it consciously. Before ...
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