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We think of mushrooms as food. But mycelium-based blocks could be the future of construction
Composite panels made with Australian reishi fungi and biomass waste. Kumar Biswajit Debnath/UTS Kumar Biswajit Debnath, University of…
How are dark matter and antimatter different?
Spiral galaxies, like Messier 77 shown here, helped astronomers learn about the existence of dark matter. NASA, ESA…
What is time? Rather than something that ‘flows,’ a philosopher suggests time is a psychological projection
Time isn’t an illusion, unlike optical illusions that trick your eyes. There’s nothing to ‘trick’ because it has…
10 years ago, gravitational waves changed astronomy. A new discovery shows there’s more to come
Carl Knox, OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology Simon Stevenson, Swinburne University of Technology Ten years ago, scientists heard…
What, exactly, is space-time?
Daryl Janzen, University of Saskatchewan Few ideas in modern science have reshaped our understanding of reality more profoundly…
Scientists use supercomputers to ask: What was before the Big Bang?
Scientists are turning to powerful supercomputer simulations to solve Einstein's equations and finally explore what happened before the Big Bang.
Going to Zero Gravity to Prove Gravity Is a Lie
Einstein's revolutionary insight was that gravity isn't a force pulling objects together, but rather the result of mass and energy warping the very fabric of spacetime.
AI helps scientists clock spin of Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
By analyzing telescope data with a custom-built AI, scientists have discovered that the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way is spinning at nearly its maximum possible speed.
What if the Big Bang wasn’t the beginning? Our research suggests it may have taken place inside a black hole
Vadim Sadovski/Shutterstock Enrique Gaztanaga, University of Portsmouth The Big Bang is often described as the explosive birth of…
New Mathematical Discovery Could Unite Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity
At a Glance Scientists have made an exciting discovery in the search for a unified theory in physics,…