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Supreme Court justices secretly recorded – the legal issues and what they...
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr., left, and his wife, Martha-Ann Alito, photographed in 2018.AP Photo/Pablo Martinez MonsivaisPosing as a “Christian conservative” at the Supreme Court Historical...
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Space weather forecasting needs an upgrade to protect future Artemis astronauts
The Sun can send out eruptions of energetic particles.NASA/SDO via APNASA has set its sights on the Moon, aiming to send astronauts back to the lunar surface by 2026 and establish a long-term presence...
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Quantum computers are like kaleidoscopes − why unusual metaphors help...
This image could give you a better grasp of how quantum computers work.Crystal A Murray/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SAQuantum computing is like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates: You never know what you’re gonna...
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Poop has been an easy target for microbiome research, but voyages into the...
Much of the small intestine microbiome remains an undiscovered frontier.Stefano Madrigali/Moment via Getty ImagesMicrobiome research to date has been much like the parable of the blind men and the...
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The Hubble telescope has shifted into one-gyro mode after months of technical...
The Hubble Space Telescope is nearing its 35th birthday. NASA via APImagine keeping a laser beam trained on a dime that’s 200 miles away. Now imagine doing that continuously for 24 hours, while riding...
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Modern surgery began with saws and iron hands – how amputation transformed...
Amputees in 16th century Europe commissioned iron hands from artisans, many of whom had never made prostheses before.Lernestål, Erik, Livrustkammaren/SHM, CC BY-SAThe human body today has many...
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Is Earth really getting too hot for people to survive? A scientist explains...
Heat waves can get dangerously hot, especially when it's also humid.gjohnstonphoto/iStock/Getty Images PlusCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
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Keeping astronauts healthy in space isn’t easy − new training programs will...
Space medicine professionals in training consult with each other during a simulation exercise. Katya ArquillaIn the coming decade, more people will go to space than ever before as human spaceflight...
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Digital public archaeology: Excavating data from digs done decades ago and...
Archaeologists excavate at the Gulkana Site in the 1970s.Dr. William Workman Photo CollectionThe ancestors of Alaska Native people began using local copper sources to craft intricate tools roughly...
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Raw milk health risks significantly outweigh any potential benefits − food...
Influencers extoll the benefits of drinking raw milk over pasteurized milk, but there isn't substantive evidence to support these claims.AP Photo/Charlie NeibergallDespite an ongoing outbreak of bird...
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Lynn Conway was a trans woman in tech − and underappreciated for decades...
At the end of her professional career, Lynn Conway was professor emerita of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan.Marcin Szczepanski/University of Michigan via...
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Arborglyphs – Basque immigrant sheepherders left their marks on aspen trees...
Carvings made over decades by Basque herders are endangered as their canvas, the aspens, are at risk.Sawtooth Mountains, 2011, Idaho Basque Arborglyphs Collection, Special Collections and Archives,...
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Boost your immune system with this centuries-old health hack: Vaccines
When it comes to vaccines and immune health, the results aren't too good to be true.Jena Ardell/Moment via Getty ImagesThere are a dizzying number of tips, hacks and recommendations on how to stay...
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Space radiation can damage satellites − my team discovered that a...
A schematic shows a perovskite solar cell being irradiated with a damaging (red) and a healing (green) proton beam.Ahmad Kirmani using BlenderThe space environment is harsh and full of extreme...
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Rocks on Rapa Nui tell the story of a small, resilient population −...
Covering the ground with rocks is actually a good way to grow some crops in poor soil.Carl LipoConventional wisdom holds that the island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, once had a large...
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Why do some planets have moons? A physics expert explains why Earth has only...
Some planets, such as Saturn, have more than a hundred moons, while others, such as Venus, have none. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute via APCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
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Do hormonal contraceptives increase depression risk? A neuroscientist...
Hormonal contraceptives have functions that go beyond just birth control.Mindful Media/E+ via Getty ImagesMore than 85% of women– and more than 300 million people worldwide at any given time – use...
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Genetic testing cannot reveal the gender of your baby − two genetic...
Gender and sex are more complicated than X and Y chromosomes.I Like That One/Digital Vision via Getty ImagesGender reveal parties are best known as celebrations involving pink and blue, cake and...
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The science behind splashdown − an aerospace engineer explains how NASA and...
The Orion capsule from NASA's Artemis I mission splashes down. NASA via APFor about 15 minutes on July 21, 1961, American astronaut Gus Grissom felt at the top of the world – and indeed he was.Grissom...
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Lucy, discovered 50 years ago in Ethiopia, stood just 3.5 feet tall − but she...
The reconstructed skeleton of Lucy, found in Hadar, Ethiopia, in 1974, and Grace Latimer, then age 4, daughter of a research team member.James St. John/Flickr, CC BYIn 1974, on a survey in Hadar in the...
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