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The Universe May Be on the Verge of Collapse—And That Would Mutate the Laws of Physics, Scientists Say
If this scenario plays out, “the world as we know it would collapse like a house of cards,” says one theoretical physicist.
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A Scientist Has an Explosive Plan to Terraform Mars. It's So Wild That It Might Just Work.
One part of this plan would require increasing the planet’s atmospheric pressure, and one scientist suggests that capturing ...
Tesla Is Building a UFO-Themed Supercharger to Bring Some Alien Energy to the Desert
The company is quenching a supercharger desert near Roswell, NM, with a special Cyber-UFO-themed station.
Archaeologists Found a 1,000-Year-Old Buddha Statue With Stunning Details
Depicted by the statue is the Buddha Amitābha, a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism.
Scientists Found Evidence of a 138-Foot-Deep Lake in the Middle of an Enormous Desert
According to the release, the ancient lake likely reached its largest size around 8,000 years ago during a time of heavy ...
The Most Important Facts (And Myths) About Your Car Battery
Even if you're driving a gas guzzling SUV, electricity remains crucial to driving a car. Thanks to modern-day electric batteries, drivers no longer have to turn an engine over by hand. It now all ...
Scientists Crushed Rocks in Iceland—and May Have Solved the Fall of the Roman Empire
When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...
Scientists Built Holograms You Can Manipulate with Your Hands. This Is How the Future Feels.
“What we see in films and call holograms are typically volumetric displays,” Elodie Bouzbib, the first author on the paper ...
An A.I. Fooled Humans and Passed the Turing Test. But It's a Red Herring for the Singularity.
A study by scientists at UC San Diego found that OpenAI’s large language model GPT-4.5 passed for human 73 percent of the ...
Purple Isn’t Real, Science Says. Your Brain Is Just Making It Up.
Purple is a combination of wavelengths from opposite extremes of the spectrum, which technically deosn’t make any sense, but ...
A Woman Went for a Casual Walk—and Accidentally Discovered a One-in-a-Million Treasure
A ceramic pot turned into a jackpot for a woman on a walk in the Kutnohorsk Region of the Czech Republic. While out on a ...