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NASA is returning to Venus to learn how it became a hot poisonous wasteland –...
Two new NASA missions hope to answer important questions about Venus' past.NASA/JPL/USGSNASA is finally headed back to Venus. On June 2, 2021, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced that the agency...
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Sticky baseballs: Explaining the physics of the latest scandal in Major...
It used to be spit balls, but now sticky baseballs are giving pitchers an advantage.Tage Olsin, CC BY-SACheating in baseball is as old as the game itself, and pitchers’ modifying the ball’s surface is...
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Artisan robots with AI smarts will juggle tasks, choose tools, mix and match...
Factory robots could soon acquire a range of skills, including the ability to choose how to make things.studiostockart/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty ImagesFailure of a machine in a factory can shut...
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Smelling in stereo – the real reason snakes have flicking, forked tongues
Long misunderstood, snake tongues have fascinated naturalists for centuries.reptiles4all/iStock via Getty Images PlusAs dinosaurs lumbered through the humid cycad forests of ancient South America 180...
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The first mobile phone call was 75 years ago – what it takes for technologies...
An engineer demonstrates a car phone five months before the historic first call on a competing company's commercial mobile telephone service in 1946.Bettmann via Getty ImagesI have a cellphone built...
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A mix-and-match approach to COVID-19 vaccines could provide logistical and...
One of this and one of that might be a good strategy to coronavirus vaccination.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesWhile it’s now pretty easy to get a COVID-19 shot in most places in the U.S., the...
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Too few women get to invent – that's a problem for women's health
Inequality has cost women the benefits of thousands of "lost" medical inventions.Ron Levine/Stone via Getty ImagesMacArthur Genius and MIT professor Linda Griffith has built an epic career as a...
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Does outer space end – or go on forever?
It can stretch your mind to ponder what's really out there.Stijn Dijkstra/EyeEm via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer,...
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Why gain-of-function research matters
In February 2021, a World Health Organization team investigating the origins of COVID-19 visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China.Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty ImagesDue to unanswered...
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The surface of Venus is cracked and moves like ice floating on the ocean –...
New research suggests that Venus' crust is broken into large blocks – the dark reddish–purple areas – that are surrounded by belts of tectonic structures shown in lighter yellow–red. Paul K....
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'Upcycling' promises to turn food waste into your next meal
New processed food products might contain what would otherwise be waste from other foods.GCShutter/E+ via Getty ImagesHow would you like to dig into a “recycled” snack? Or take a swig of juice with...
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Transgender medicine – what care looks like, who seeks it out and what's...
Access to transgender medical care has been under attack in many places in the U.S., and protesters, like those seen here in Texas, are pushing back. Erich Schlegel/AP Images for Human Rights...
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Flawed data led to findings of a connection between time spent on devices and...
When it comes to mental health, is digital technology a culprit or scapegoat?Bianca Castillo/UnsplashEven a casual follower of the news over the last few years is likely to have encountered stories...
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The behind-the-scenes people and organizations connecting science and...
Listening to science is a lot easier for politicians when behind-the-scenes intermediaries are there to help.Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesThe role of science in society has never been...
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Ransomware, data breach, cyberattack: What do they have to do with your...
Credit bureau Equifax announced in 2017 that the personal information of 143 million Americans – about three-quarters of all adults – had been exposed in a major data breach.AP Photo/Mike StewartThe...
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Tour de France: How many calories will the winner burn?
Tour de France riders have to eat constantly to replenish the energy they burn. Filip Bossuyt/Flickr, CC BY-NDCC-BY-ND.Imagine you begin pedaling from the start of Stage 17 of this year’s Tour de...
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Danish children struggle to learn their vowel-filled language – and this...
The way Danes speak makes it much harder for Danish children to learn the language. Fabio Trecca, CC BY-NDDenmark is a rich country with an extensive welfare system and strong education. Yet...
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The neuroscience behind why your brain may need time to adjust to 'un-social...
Maybe you're not quite feeling ready to get back out there.Grace Cary/Moment via Getty ImagesWith COVID-19 vaccines working and restrictions lifting across the country, it’s finally time for those now...
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Florida condo collapse – searching for answers about what went wrong in...
The collapse of Champlain Towers is one of the worst building failures in recent memory.AP Photo/Wilfredo LeeThe collapse of a huge condominium building near Miami, Florida was shocking news to wake up...
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Science denial: Why it happens and 5 things you can do about it
Are you open to new ideas and willing to change your mind?Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesScience denial became deadly in 2020. Many political leaders failed to support what scientists knew...
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