Science Still Can’t Explain Consciousness, But That Might Soon Change Explaining how something as complex as consciousness can emerge from a grey, jelly-like lump of tissue in the head is arguably the greatest scientific challenge […]
Simulations explain giant exoplanets with eccentric, close-in orbits As planetary systems evolve, gravitational interactions between planets can fling some of them into eccentric elliptical orbits around the host star, or even out of the system […]
Physicist suggests ‘quantum foam’ may explain away huge cosmic energy Steven Carlip, a physicist at the University of California, has come up with a theory to explain why empty space seems to be filled with […]
New observations help explain the dimming of Tabby’s Star For years, astronomers have looked up at the sky and speculated about the strange dimming behavior of Tabby’s Star. First identified more than a century ago, […]
What is the purpose of life? Whatever you may think is the answer, you might, from time to time at least, find your own definition unsatisfactory. After all, how can one say why any living […]
Latest Estimate on The Universe’s Expansion Shows We Need New Physics to Explain It Astronomers have come up with the most precise measurement of the Universe’s expansion rate so far – and sure enough, it […]