Elevators Scientists came up with a reasonable plan to build an elevator to the MoonTNW - Tristan GreeneIt’s not quite a “Stairway to Heaven,” but scientists have come up with what appears to be a perfectly feasible plan to build an elevator to the Moon. Or, more accurately, a Spaceline from the Moon to
Existentialism Obsessed with death? You might have 'existential isolation,' says studyTNW - Tristan GreeneHow often do you think about death? For many, the answer is a terrifying “almost always.” But, at some point or another, we’re all confronted with our own mortality. A certain bit of soul-searching over
Inspiration Why efforts to get kids into STEM could be making education inequality worseTNW - The ConversationScience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is a priority for governments around the world. For example, the UK’s current commitment to increasing investment in research and development
Parallel Universes Quantum physics for regular people: Is reality even real?TNW - Tristan GreeneEverything you assume about the universe, the laws that govern it, and how objective reality works is probably wrong. What goes up doesn’t have to come down, there’s no logical reason why we can’t travel
Play buttonNASA Watch: NASA astronauts build gorgeous zero-gravity fires for scienceTNW - Tristan GreeneAstronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are tasked with conducting hundreds of experiments, but perhaps none are as pretty as recent efforts to shape fire in zero gravity conditions. Hard
Cannabis Industry THC cartridges linked to multiple deaths: Here's how to vape loose-leaf insteadTNW - Tristan GreeneHundreds of people across at least 25 US states have been afflicted with a mysterious lung illness linked to tainted THC cartridges. At least six are dead. Government officials and medical professionals
Cannabis Canadian university launches online cannabis cultivation coursesTNW - Tristan GreeneThe University of Guelph in Canada now offers an online cannabis cultivation course as part of its horticulture program. Finally! An education you can actually use. This fall semester the university will
Cannabis Here's what the actual research says about the dangers of cannabis useTNW - Tristan GreeneA research team parsed 68 current cannabis studies last year on behalf of the Canadian government. The goal was to determine what dangers citizens would face once the drug was legalized. What they learned
Probability Why this Polish village hasn’t seen a boy born in 10 yearsTNW - The ConversationThe tiny Polish village of Miejsce Odrzanskie has become the unlikely source of international media attention over the past fortnight as a result of what the New York Times called “a strange population
Alcohol You're still you when you're drunk, science saysTNW - The ConversationMany of us know that feeling of waking up, headache in tow, struggling to remember what we said and did after that extra drink the night before. And then suddenly, the memories vividly resurface. Alcohol
Time Travel This thought experiment explains how quantum computers can time travelTNW - Tristan GreeneYou know how sometimes you find yourself facing off against an enemy spaceship in a Wild West-inspired laser duel where whoever fires first wins? What if I told you that a group of researchers (a murder
Pluto Trump-appointed NASA head just declared Pluto a planet againTNW - Tristan GreeneNASA Chief Jim Bridenstine – a politician who’s probably seen one or two episodes of “Cosmos” – has officially declared Pluto a planet again. His reasoning: that’s the way he learned it in high school.
Hubble Study: Either the Hubble Constant is wrong or the universe is ripping itself apartTNW - Tristan GreeneThe science community has a crisis on its hands. Some anarchist physicists recently started kicking the tires on the Standard Model and they figured out the universe is expanding faster than it should
Protein Plant cells signal between each other to agree on what time it isTNW - The ConversationAnyone who has travelled across multiple time zones and suffered jet lag will understand just how powerful our biological clocks are. In fact, every cell in the human body has its own molecular clock,
Hate Groups Researchers propose new tactic to take out online hate groups: Poison the wellTNW - Tristan GreeneA team of researchers from George Washington University and the University of Miami recently published the results of a study to determine the ecological makeup of online hate groups. Based on their findings,
Florida Scientists at an aquarium just figured out how to save Florida's 'Great Barrier Reef'TNW - Tristan GreeneScientists in Florida may have just saved the the third largest coral reef on the planet. Florida Aquarium Senior Coral Scientist Keri O’Neil, aka “The Coral Whisperer,” and her team of researchers today
Play buttonEating Animals eat each other, so why don't we?TNW - The ConversationVulnerable spadefoot tadpoles eat their smaller competitors to speed towards toadhood as quickly as possible. Gulls and pelicans are among bird species that eat hatchlings for food or to prevent the spread
Newt Gingrich The Moonprentice: Newt Gingrich wants 'reality show' contest with Musk and Bezos to colonize LunaTNW - Tristan GreeneA coalition including Michael Jackson’s former publicist, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and an Air Force general want US president Donald Trump to turn the race to colonize the moon into a reality
Dinosaurs Dinosaur egg bonanza gives vital clues about prehistoric parentingTNW - The ConversationPerhaps the most amazing thing about fossils is that they don’t just show us what extinct animals looked like, they can also reveal how those animals lived. Even a fossilized dinosaur ... Perhaps the amazing
Carbon Dioxide Here's the stupid reason Elon Musk wants to nuke MarsTNW - Tristan GreeneElon Musk – aka Lex Luthor in spirit — is on social media yapping about nuking Mars again. He’s not trolling; he’s not acting as a provocateur; he really wants to bombard the surface of our planetary with
Technology Scientists invent robotic biker shorts that help you walk and runTNW - Tristan GreeneA team of researchers recently developed a robotic exosuit that makes it easier to walk or run long distances. It could imbue average people with superhuman walking abilities, aid the disabled, and help
Boosting a single brain molecule reduced anxiety in lab monkeysTNW - Tristan GreeneScientists may have found a potential cure for anxiety after isolating and boosting a molecule in the brains of rhesus monkeys. Andrew Fox, a researcher at UC Davis, and co-author Tade Souaiaia from SUNY
How scientists use household bleach and quantum physics to hunt down cancerTNW - Tristan GreeneA team of scientists from MIT and Rice University recently discovered a new method for creating qubits that could revolutionize both quantum computing and cancer research – and all it takes is some household
How plants’ ability to ‘think’ might force us to redefine intelligenceTNW - The ConversationSome might balk at the idea that plants made of roots, stems and leaves could have intelligence or consciousness. But scientists have actually been hotly debating this idea for decades. A recent paper
NYU researchers made mice smarter by manipulating their brainwaves with lightTNW - Tristan GreeneResearchers from the New York University School of Medicine recently developed a method for manipulating brain waves with light to improve learning. The results of the team’s study are incredible – laboratory
Forget qubits: Quantum physicists successfully teleported 'qutrits' in breakthrough experimentsTNW - Tristan GreeneTwo independent research teams recently published studies indicating they’ve successfully teleported a qutrit — possibly within days of each other. Now, both await the scientific process of peer review
Scientists ask NASA to reconsider Mars mission after studying effects of space radiationTNW - Tristan GreeneA team of scientists recently conducted a first-of-its-kind experiment to study the effects of space radiation on a living brain. And the results don’t bode well for NASA‘s planned mission to Mars. The
Researchers develop a new way to track blood pressure... with selfies?TNW - Bryan ClarkA team of researchers in Canada and China are working on a revolutionary new way to track blood pressure: a selfie. The teams, based at the University of Toronto and the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou
Here's what we need to build our first moon baseTNW - The ConversationHalf a century after humans first walked on the moon, a number of private companies and nations are planning to build permanent bases on the lunar surface. Despite the technological progress since the
