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Wealthy nations are carving up space and its riches – and leaving other...
There is a U.S. flag on the Moon, but in the future, countries may start to turn access to the Moon and asteroids into serious wealth.NASA/Neil A. ArmstrongSatellites help run the internet and...
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Using ‘science’ to market cookies and other products meant for pleasure...
Science makes pleasure. Billy Burdette/EyeEm via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.The big ideaWhen companies say a product meant for pleasure was developed...
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The idea that power poses boost your confidence fell from favor – but a new...
After great popularity, the idea of power poses came under fire.Choreograph/iStock via Getty Images PlusIf you stand like Wonder Woman or Superman, will you feel stronger? Will you actually be...
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Say hello to Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way...
This image shows Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. EHT Collaboration, CC BY-SAOn May 12, 2022, astronomers on the Event Horizon Telescope team released an image of a...
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Could people breathe the air on Mars?
An artist's concept of an astronaut walking on Mars. But what would happen if the astronaut weren't wearing a space helmet?cokada/E+ via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
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Online data could be used against people seeking abortions if Roe v. Wade falls
Apps for tracking reproductive health are convenient, but the data they collect could be used against you.Tarik Kizilkaya/iStock via Getty ImagesWhen the draft of a Supreme Court decision that would...
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It's impossible to determine your personal COVID-19 risks and frustrating to...
Before the pandemic, an intergenerational tea party wouldn't have seemed a risky proposition.fotostorm/E+ via Getty Images“How risky is being indoors with our 10-year-old granddaughter without masks?...
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Zinc is a metal essential to life – scientists have discovered a protein that...
A protein called ZNG1 helps cells make use of zinc when stores of this essential nutrient are running low.bagi1998/E+ via Getty ImagesAll living things, including people, need zinc in their diets....
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Nonprogrammers are building more of the world's software – a computer...
Traditional computer programming has a steep learning curve that requires learning a programming language, for example C/C++, Java or Python, just to build a simple application such as a calculator or...
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'Dracula Daily' reanimates the classic vampire novel for the age of memes and...
An online audience is reading the vampire novel for the first time, en masse.Diane Barros/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesIf you’re an active social media user, perhaps you’ve noticed a surge in posts...
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Over 100 years of Antarctic agriculture is helping scientists grow food in space
The greenhouse at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is the only source of fresh food during winter.Eli Duke/Flickr, CC BY-SAFiguring out how to feed people in space is a major part of a larger effort to...
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What is monkeypox? A microbiologist explains what's known about this smallpox...
Monkeypox causes lesions that resemble pus-filled blisters, which eventually scab over.CDC/Getty ImagesOn May 18, 2022, Massachusetts health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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Where was the world's first zoo?
Interior view of Polito's Royal Menagerie, Exeter Change, Strand, Westminster, London, 1812.Heritage Images/Hulton Archives via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you...
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Skin grafts for burns injuries can lead to crippling scars – a drug that...
Burn injuries can lead to disfiguring and sometimes crippling scars.Staras/iStock via Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.The big ideaReducing a skin graft’s...
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Impending demise of Roe v. Wade puts a spotlight on a major privacy risk:...
Where you've been and who you've interacted with are not difficult for governments and corporations to find out.Maskot via Getty ImagesWhen Politico published Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft...
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How many bots are on Twitter? The question is difficult to answer and misses...
Yes, worry about Twitter, but don't worry whether there are hordes of spambots running rampant there.gremlin/E+ via Getty ImagesTwitter reports that fewer than 5% of accounts are fakes or spammers,...
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*Yorkicystis*, the 500 million-year-old relative of starfish that lost its...
Reconstruction of the prehistoric *Yorkicystis haefneri* adapted from fossil evidence, created by Hugo Salais (Metazoa Studio).Samuel Zamora, CC BY-NDAfter four years of digging for fossils in a...
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Nuclear isomers were discovered 100 years ago, and physicists are still...
Protons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus can be arranged in different configurations, creating nuclear isomers. KTSdesign/SciencePhotoLibrary via Getty ImagesNobel laureate Otto Hahn is credited with...
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What the Voyager space probes can teach humanity about immortality and legacy...
Scientists expect the Voyager spacecraft to outlive Earth by at least a trillion years.NASA/JPL-CalTechVoyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. After sweeping by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus...
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Genetic mutations can be benign or cancerous – a new method to differentiate...
Identifying the difference between normal genetic variation and disease-causing mutations can sometimes be difficult.Andrii Yalanskyi/iStock via Getty Images PlusMost of the roughly 40 trillion cells...
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