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Breakthrough images provide closest look yet at the Sun's truly chaotic surface

Our host star is wild.

1.27.2020 6:05 PM

How math can save your life

In The Math of Life and Death, Kit Yates shows how mathematics is crucial to understanding everything we see and do.

1.25.2020 1:05 AM

History repeats itself. That's bad news for the 2020s.

Here are some big-picture predictions.

1.22.2020 1:00 PM

Sex-swapping fish show what it means to be resilient

Transitioning between the sexes allows these fish species to survive and thrive.

1.20.2020 8:29 PM

Inverse Daily: flying taxis pipe dream

Zero-carbon flying taxis might be on the near horizon, at least for those who can afford them.

1.20.2020 8:00 PM

Can these 6 steps tip us toward real climate action?

To decarbonize by 2050, here's what we have to do.

1.20.2020 1:37 PM

One of the biggest benefits of the vegetarian diet may not be that big

Wayne Martindale

It's not as sustainable as one might think.

1.19.2020 8:58 PM

Could invisible aliens really exist among us? An astrobiologist explains

Life may be easy to recognize, but it’s notoriously difficult to define.

1.18.2020 8:35 PM

4 hacks to boost food sustainability in the grocery aisle

Luca Panzone and Natasha Auch

How does your grocery shopping affect the planet?

1.17.2020 9:41 PM

Scientists find a new cause for an insidious brain virus

For years, no one had any idea where the disease was coming from.

1.17.2020 7:00 PM

Watch the first-ever video of individual atoms bonding and breaking

The incredible new footage shows the atoms bonding, separating, then bonding again.

1.17.2020 5:01 PM

Inverse Daily: giant squid, decoded

There's more to these ocean-dwelling giants than legend would suggest.

1.16.2020 9:04 PM

Unprecedented gene study suggests giant squids may be massively intelligent

There is more to these ocean-dwelling giants than legend would suggest.

1.16.2020 7:30 PM

The Netherlands is sinking and an iconic Dutch symbol is to blame

“In 100 years, sea level rise as a result of climate change is a bigger problem for the Netherlands."

1.16.2020 7:02 PM

New theory explains how life arose after the dinosaurs went extinct

The research proposes an intriguing new twist in one of the most fascinating moments in Earth's history.

1.16.2020 5:47 PM

Terrifying fossil may be one of earliest air-breathing animals on Earth

The Earth's first terrestrial animals were pretty weird.

1.16.2020 4:37 PM

Musk tweet reveals construction of Starship is rapidly moving forward

The SpaceX CEO snapped a behind-the-scenes image of SN1 in the making.

1.16.2020 4:30 PM

Inverse Daily: The world’s thermometer is off the charts

The last decade was the hottest on record — it is "almost certain" the 2020s will be even hotter.

1.16.2020 4:00 PM

Video of wolf puppies reveals a jaw-dropping similarity to dogs

All of the puppies are Very Good Boys.

1.16.2020 2:18 PM

Blood type may be the reason why some get norovirus more than others — study

Patricia L. Foster

Not everyone is equally vulnerable.