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The Math That’s Too Difficult for Physics

How do physicists reconstruct what really happened in a particle collision? Through calculations that are so challenging that, in some cases, they simply can’t be done. Yet.

November 21, 2016

Spark of Science: Lisa Becking

A marine biologist talks about the wonders of hidden lakes.

November 21, 2016

An Alien Adaptability Scorecard for the World’s Biggest Religions

When we find ET, which faiths will bend, and which will snap?

November 21, 2016

What Hollywood Doesn’t Get About Aliens

Movies get alien bodies right, but not alien ecosystems.

November 18, 2016

This Simple Philosophical Puzzle Shows How Difficult It Is to Know Something

If knowledge isn’t justified true belief, what is it?

November 17, 2016

The World’s Most Inspirational Iceberg Isn’t What It Seems

The professional photographer who created a popular poster image takes it apart.

November 17, 2016

Sick for Attention

Meet five Munchausen patients who went to desperate lengths to fake illness.

November 17, 2016