Scientists still struggle to understand consciousness, aging, memory formation and why humans hiccup or yawn, revealing a ...

The early universe is perhaps one of the biggest mysteries of our time, and while we've come close to unraveling some of those earliest mysteries thanks to advancing tech like the James Webb Space ...

What is dark energy? Why does dark energy seem to be weakening? Is our universe part of a larger multiverse? What lies beyond the boundary of a black hole? The universe seems to be rotating, and if ...

One of the big mysteries of the universe is how it's expanding. The phenomenon causing that expansion is known as dark energy — and recently, scientists have started to wonder if its changing. Now let ...

The big thinkers at Aperture highlight mysteries of the universe that humanity has yet to understand. Democrats raise alarm ...

1. What Are Fermi Bubbles? No, this is not a rare digestive disorder. The bubbles are massive, mysterious structures that emanate from the Milky Ways center and extend roughly 20,000 light-years above ...

Mind-blowing. Those are the two words I'd use to describe the "Mysteries of the Universe" weekender discovery tour, hosted by New Scientist. Over two days in the Cheshire countryside, a group of space ...

Cal Poly Physics Professor Thomas Gutierrez is the principal investigator of a $340,000 National Science Foundation grant involving particle physics. In an underground lab in a mountainous region of ...

If we really are stardust—as Joni Mitchell sang and much research suggests—it seems only natural that we would wonder about this carbon-based substance and the faraway dimensions from which it arrives ...

Aug. 1 is Women Astronomers Day, highlighting the historical achievements of women in astronomy. The designation honors the birthdate, in 1818, of Maria Mitchell, the first American woman astronomer ...

Did you know one of the longest buildings on the planet is in Menlo Park? And drivers speeding along Interstate 280, near Sand Hill Road, pass mere meters above it? Bay Curious listener Eric Nelson of ...

A killer game of hide and seek.