How did dark matter form the universe? This physicist has ideas
At the age of 12, Tracy Slatyer felt sorry for a book. She read a newspaper article about how many […]
Betelgeuse has a small companion star hidden in plain sight
Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse! The red supergiant that marks Orion’s left shoulder may have a tiny, unseen companion. Two independent studies found
This light-based engineer’s computers take inspiration from the brain
Bhavin Shastri still gets excited when he sees a laser pointer and has been fascinated by them since he was
Why this physicist is bringing thermodynamics into the quantum age
Imagine Victorian London, but its skies are filled with airplanes. Steam robots crowd the streets, mingling with people in hats
Some fleas do not poop for weeks. This keeps their pools clean
Some tadpoles do not poop in the first weeks of their lives. At least, this is the case for Eiffinger’s
Once-a-week insulin can mean fewer injections for some with diabetes
Life with diabetes usually involves lots of injections of insulin, the hormone that controls blood sugar. Recent research investigating a
A transatlantic flight could turn Saharan dust into a major ocean nutrient
As dust from the Sahara blows thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, it becomes progressively more nutritious for marine
The cities of the Silk Road reached astonishing heights in the mountains of Central Asia
Two towering medieval cities built by mobile herders along Central Asia’s Silk Road trade routes have been hidden in plain
The Europa Clipper has set out to solve an alien mystery
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is on its way to help solve a quarter-century-old mystery: Could anything live in the ocean
Climate change fueled the fury of Hurricanes Helene and Milton
Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting questions from readers about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do