Science

It’s Saturday! This week, in an eminently practical analysis of the Boltzmann brain conjecture, physicists put constraints on the idea that memories could arise from random fluctuations in entropy rather than reflecting the actual past […]

A Purple Star Sapphire weighing 3,563 carats which is claimed to be the world’s biggest of its kind was unveiled on Saturday in the Sri Lankan capital by the owners, who are ready to sell […]

At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic world of quantum mechanics a century ago, they weren’t trying to build better medical tools or high-speed internet. […]

This week, a new analysis of Jupiter’s atmosphere estimated that the gas giant has 1.5 times more oxygen than the sun. Researchers in Brazil identified a protein that allows pancreatic cancer to infiltrate nerves and […]

Visitors may believe they freely choose what to see in a museum, but new research shows that design decisions, often invisible to the visitor, play a decisive role in shaping attention, movement and discovery.This article […]

Happy new year! If you’re a redhead, the pigments in your hair are protecting you from cellular damage. A post-stroke injection comprising regenerative nanomaterial can protect the brain. And researchers have developed a method to […]

China’s government has long made efforts to tempt top scientists from abroad, but researchers say its institutions themselves are increasingly attracting talent thanks to their generous funding and growing prestige.This article is brought to you […]

When writer Cory Doctorow introduced the term “enshittification” in 2023, he captured a pattern many users had already noticed in their personal lives.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Some scientific breakthroughs may be lost to time due to scandal and redaction, while others are simply a case of waiting for more evidence.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

The game of cricket is believed to have originated in rural England sometime in the 16th or 17th century.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.