I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 YR4. It said the probability it could hit Earth was unusually high. As ...

Empirical SCOTUS is a recurring series by Adam Feldman that looks at Supreme Court data, primarily in the form of opinions ...

A survey of Scientific American’s century of quantum coverage helps explain the enduring popularity of strange physics ...

The award-winning Mediterranean diet helps prevent dementia, especially in people at highest genetic risk, according to a new ...

Even if you’re not exactly sure what protein actually is—or how much protein you need—one thing is for sure: It seems to be everywhere right now. Somehow, this humble macro managed to transcend the ...

Claims regarding the power of the mass media in contemporary politics are much more frequent than research actually analysing the influence of mass media on politics. Building upon the notion of issue ...

OpenAI’s GPT-4 Vision, often called GPT-4V, is a pretty big deal. It’s like giving a super-smart language model eyes. Before this, AI mostly just dealt with text, but now it can actually look at ...

Are we inhabitants of a computational construct rather than a mind-independent, “base” reality? The simulation question ...

Risk assessment plays a central role in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. The 2017 High Blood Pressure Clinical Practice Guideline incorporated quantitative risk assessment for the ...

They discovered two types of solar energetic electrons, each with distinctly different origins: one associated with intense ...

As coral reefs decline at unprecedented rates, new research has revealed that some coral species may be more resilient to ...

For merchants, according to the new national standard, vehicles that do not meet the new requirements cannot be stocked ... To meet fire prevention and flame-retardant requirements, the total mass of ...