Chemistry is often presented as one of the most advanced sciences, yet its day-to-day practice remains surprisingly manual.

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Astronomers announced the discovery of a starless cloud of hydrogen gas, a pristine relic of the cosmos that is almost as old as time itself.

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China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) is a nuclear-fusion research reactor in Hefei. Researchers hope ...

Einstein’s claim that the speed of light is constant has survived more than a century of scrutiny—but scientists are still ...

The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH — by mixing chemicals into ...

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein argues that a good life is one that seeks to create order out of a natural state of chaos.

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Reconstructed ancient enzymes reveal how cannabis evolved specialized cannabinoid production while offering new tools for biotechnology and medicine. Where do familiar cannabis compounds such as THC, ...

Ozempic and other GLP-1s have changed how we think of our bodies. Now, some are searching for other quick fixes for their ...