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2020 Nobel Prize in physics awarded for work on black holes – an...
A black hole is an object so compact that nothing can escape its gravitational pull, not even light. They are formed when stars die and start collapsing under their own weight. Deep inside the black...
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VIP patients can be a headache for their doctors
White House physician Sean Conley gives an update on the patient-in-chief on Oct. 3.Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty ImagesThe medical drama playing out daily since President Donald Trump contracted...
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Nobel Prize for CRISPR honors two great scientists – and leaves out many others
CRISPR enables editing DNA with unprecedented precision.wildpixel/iStock via Getty ImagesThe gene-editing technique CRISPR earned the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Recognition of this amazing...
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Nobel Prize for chemistry honors exquisitely precise gene-editing technique,...
American biochemist Jennifer A. Doudna, left, and French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier were awarded this year's Nobel Prize for chemistry.Alexander Heinl/picture alliance via Getty...
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An autoimmune-like antibody response is linked with severe COVID-19
Are patients with severe COVID-19 victims of their own immune response?JOAQUIN SARMIENTO/Getty ImagesIn the earliest days of the pandemic, many immunologists, including me, assumed that patients who...
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In a battle of AI versus AI, researchers are preparing for the coming wave of...
AI-powered detectors are the best tools for spotting AI-generated fake videos.The Washington Post via Getty ImagesAn investigative journalist receives a video from an anonymous whistleblower. It shows...
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Why males may have a worse response to COVID-19
Is COVID-19 hitting men harder than women?UpperCut Images/Getty ImagesIf you ask most women about how their male relatives, partners and friends respond to being sick, they’ll often tell you with an...
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California wildfires pass 4 million acres burned, doubling previous record –...
Wildfire smoke turned the San Francisco sky orange in the middle of the day in early September.Ray Chavez/Medianews Group/The Mercury News via Getty ImagesWhen you breathe in smoke from a wildfire,...
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How do pandemics end? History suggests diseases fade but are almost never...
The COVID-19 new normal might be here for quite some time.SolStock/E+ via Getty ImagesWhen will the pandemic end? All these months in, with over 37 million COVID-19 cases and more than 1 million deaths...
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279,700 extra deaths in the US so far in this pandemic year
A girl views the body of her father, who died of COVID-19, while mourners who can't visit in person are onscreen.Joe Raedle/Getty Images News via Getty ImagesThe Conversation, CC BY-NDThe number of...
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Until a coronavirus vaccine is ready, pneumonia vaccines may reduce deaths...
Vaccination rates may be tied to rates of COVID-19.Marko Geber/Getty ImagesThe yearly influenza season threatens to make the COVID-19 pandemic doubly deadly, but I believe that this isn’t inevitable....
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Exposure to man-made chemicals influences genes controlling aging, immune...
Most genes in the human body can be disrupted by man-made chemicals.Göran Andersson/Getty ImagesToday humans are exposed to thousands of man-made chemicals. Yet the effects on people’s health are still...
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What is an algorithm? How computers know what to do with data
Computer algorithms can involve complicated math, but the concept of an algorithm is simple.Hill Street Studios/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesThe world of computing is full of buzzwords: AI,...
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx will land on an asteroid to bring home rocks and dust – if...
This artist's rendering shows OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending toward asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the asteroid’s surface.NASA/Goddard/University of ArizonaImagine parallel parking a...
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People want data privacy but don't always know what they're getting
Differential privacy lets organizations collect people's data while protecting their privacy, but it's not foolproof.imaginima/E+ via Getty ImagesThe Trump administration’s move to ban the popular...
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Turbulent environment set the stage for leaps in human evolution and...
Drilling 139 meters down to volcanic rock provided scientists with a million-year environmental record. Human Origins Program, SmithsonianPeople thrive all across the globe, at every temperature,...
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A tiny circular racetrack for light can rapidly detect single molecules
Light is key to ultrasensitive chemical sensors.Kwanchai Lerttanapunyaporn/EyeEm via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.The big ideaMy Little Sensor Lab at...
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Disputes over when life begins may block cutting-edge reproductive...
A computer illustration of a cross-section of a mitochondrion and its internal structure with DNA (gray), ribosomes (light green), granules (yellow) and ATP synthase particles (light...
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Most plastic recycling produces low-value materials – but we've found a way...
Bales of plastic waste destined for recycling.Koron/Getty ImagesIf you thought those flimsy disposable plastic grocery bags represented most of our plastic waste problem, think again. The volume of...
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A second pathway into cells for SARS-CoV-2: New understanding of the...
The Spike protein on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 must bind to proteins on the surface of human cells to trigger an infection.KTSDESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty ImagesWhen it comes to how the...
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