SCIENCE
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The case for and against a 5th fundamental force of nature
When what we predict and what we measure don’t add up, that’s a sign there’s something new to learn. Could…
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OJ 287 has the most supermassive pair of black holes ever
Binary black holes eventually inspiral and merge. That’s why the OJ 287 system is destined for the most energetic event…
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Ask Ethan: How dark will the Universe become?
Over billions of years, fewer stars form, galaxies mutually recede, and the Universe becomes ever darker. Here’s how fast it…
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The right way to be a scientific contrarian
Not everyone accepts the scientific consensus; some even make careers out of challenging it. But only a select few do…
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Starts With A Bang podcast #127 — Satellites and space pollution
What goes up into low-Earth orbit will eventually come down, bringing huge consequences with it. Be informed, not surprised! Continue…
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Can the Drake equation’s final term predict humanity’s demise?
No civilization, no matter how successful, can last forever. What does the non-detection of intelligent aliens mean for our own…
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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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Record-breaking natural laser discovered 11 billion light-years away
Forget about the terawatt lasers we’re making on Earth. The Universe makes natural ones thousands of times more powerful than…
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How our view of “fundamental” has evolved over time
The fundamental building blocks of reality are indivisible: quanta that cannot be split or divided. Our understanding remains incomplete. Continue…
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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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