The Arctic The Surprising Things Arctic Ice Can Tell Us About Human HistoryPopular Mechanics - By David GrossmanFrom the Dark Ages to Silicon Valley, the ice knows all. One of the most unlikely keepers of humanity's history lies in the frozen Arctic. In a new study, scientists say that particles of lead trapped
Play buttonAnimals Discovery reveals secrets about how ghost orchids reproduceNational Geographic - Douglas MainIncredible photos show multiple species pollinate the rare and enigmatic flower, which is good news for the endangered species. Deep in remote Florida swamps, a team of researchers and photographers have
Bacteria What If Life Did Not Originate on Earth?The New Yorker - Isaac ChotinerFor almost seven years, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been exploring the terrain of Mars. Two weeks ago, it made a stunning discovery: relatively large concentrations of methane gas. The rover also found
Solar Panels Simultaneous production of fresh water and electricity via multistagenature.com - Wenbin Wang, Yusuf Shi, Chenlin Zhang, Seunghyun Hong, Le Shi, Jian Chang, Renyuan Li, Yong Jin, Chisiang Ong, Sifei Zhuo, Peng Wang The energy shortage and clean water scarcity are two key challenges for global sustainable development. Near half of the total global water …
Play buttonWorms Watch a tiny worm make one of the loudest sounds in the oceansciencemag.org - Kelly Mayes In an ocean filled with whales, sharks, and giant schools of fish, one of the loudest sounds comes from a 29-millimeter-long marine worm, new …
Mathematics How Randomness Can Make Math EasierQuanta Magazine - Kevin Hartnett Randomness would seem to make a mathematical statement harder to prove. In fact, it often does the opposite. Of all the tools available to the …
Quantum Mechanics The strange link between the human mind and quantum physicsBBC News - By Philip Ball"I cannot define the real problem, therefore I suspect there's no real problem, but I'm not sure there's no real problem." The American physicist Richard Feynman said this about the notorious puzzles paradoxes
Science Trees that traveled to space now live on Earth. Here's where to find them.National Geographic - Catherine ZuckermanGrown from hundreds of seeds that went to the moon on Apollo 14, the arboreal oddities were almost lost to history. Since 1977, a stately sycamore has greeted visitors to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
Harvard Medical School What If Life Did Not Originate on Earth?The New Yorker - Isaac ChotinerFor almost seven years, NASA’s Curiosity rover has been exploring the terrain of Mars. Two weeks ago, it made a stunning discovery: relatively large concentrations of methane gas. The rover also found
Animals How do deer grow antlers so quickly?Popular ScienceWhen you stop and think about it, antlers seem like the stuff of science fiction rather than real life. They're bones that grow extremely fast outside of a mammals body, and every year they fall off and
Mathematics Random Surfaces Hide an Intricate OrderQuanta Magazine - Kevin Hartnett Mathematicians have proved that a random process applied to a random surface will yield consistent patterns.
Technology Scientists are making progress with better plastic-eating bacteriaPopular Science - Sarah ScolesSomeday engineered organisms might help us do a better job of recycling polymers. Molecular biologist Christopher Johnson was schmoozing at a party not long ago, talking with another guest about his research,
Science The Quantum Theory That Peels Away the Mystery of MeasurementQuanta Magazine - Philip Ball A recent test has confirmed the predictions of quantum trajectory theory, which describes what happens during the long-mysterious “collapse” of a …
Microbiome Can mathematics help us understand the complexity of our microbiome?phys.org - Carnegie Institution for Science How do the communities of microbes living in our gastrointestinal systems affect our health? Carnegie's Will Ludington was part of a team that helped …
Technology Scientists capture 4D atomic movement in breakthrough experimentEngadget - Steve DentThe observations contradict long-held theories on how elements melt and freeze. Long-held theories about how materials melt, freeze and evaporate may need to be tweaked thanks to some breakthrough research.
Atoms Scientists Took an M.R.I. Scan of an AtomThe New York Times - By KNVUL SHEIKHAs our devices get smaller and more sophisticated, so do the materials we use to make them. That means we have to get up close to engineer new materials. Really close. Different microscopy techniques scientists
Microbiome Meet the Eye Microbiomescientificamerican.com - Tony St. Leger, The Conversation US The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. You may be familiar with …
Particles Ask Ethan: What Does It Mean That Quantum Gravity Has No Symmetry?Forbes - Ethan SiegelIf you want to fully describe how the Universe works at a fundamental level, you have to look at it in two different — and incompatible — ways. To describe the particles and their electromagnetic and interactions,
Diamonds Scientists teleported quantum data into the flawed heart of a diamondTNW - Tristan GreeneA team of scientists from Yokohama National University recently became the first researchers to teleport a photon into the vacuous space inside of a flaw within a diamond. In other words: physicists just
Speed Of Light This Is How Physicists Trick Particles Into Going Faster Than LightForbes - Ethan SiegelNothing can move faster than the speed of light. When Einstein set forth his theory of relativity, this was his inviolable postulate: that there was an ultimate cosmic speed limit, and that only massless
Science To Clean Drinking Water, Just Add Microbesscientificamerican.com - Meg Wilcox Like many small water utilities in California, the Sunny Slope Water Company in Pasadena has a nitrate pollution problem. The chemical, a legacy of …
Parkinson's Disease Growing evidence suggests Parkinson's disease starts in gutThe Guardian - Nicola DavisResearch shows key proteins in disease can spread from gastrointestinal tract to brain Evidence that Parkinson’s disease may start off in the gut is mounting, according to new research showing proteins
Science Incredible Observation Links Two Different Radioactive Phenomena Inside a ThunderstormGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Scientists in Japan reported seeing two radioactive weather phenomena at the same time, for the first time, according to a new paper. The observation …
Quantum Mechanics What Is The Smallest Possible Distance In The Universe?Forbes - Ethan SiegelIf you wanted to understand how our Universe operates, you’d have to examine it at a fundamental level. Macroscopic objects are made up of particles, which can only themselves be detected by going to scales.
Graphene When Magic Is Seen in Twisted Graphene, That’s a MoiréQuanta Magazine - Pradeep Mutalik What do moiré patterns seen in optics, art, photography and color printing have to do with superconducting layers of graphene?
Schizophrenia Brain study reveals type of schizophrenia similar to neurodegenerative diseasenewatlas.com - Rich Haridy Research from Johns Hopkins Medicine has revealed some cases of schizophrenia can be associated with abnormal protein buildup in the brain similar to …
Science Why is the heart slightly to the left in the chest?sciencefocus.com - Stephanie Organ The heart is located fairly centrally beneath the breastbone, but it does protrude towards the left. This is because the heart’s bottom-left chamber …
Technology A vaccine for Alzheimer's is on the verge of becoming a realityWired UK - Stephen Armstrong In the autumn of 2010, Mei Mei Hu, a management consultant for McKinsey in New York, received an unexpected invitation from her mother, Chang Yi …
Qubits What makes a great qubit? Diamonds and ions could hold the answerpbs.org - Allison Eck At the core of quantum computing is the qubit. The best ones have a few defining traits, and scientists are looking to everything from lasers to …
University of Chicago Researchers demonstrate new path to reliable quantum computationphys.org Researchers at the University of Chicago published a novel technique for improving the reliability of quantum computers by accessing higher energy …
