How Heavy Is the Milky Way?
By combining data from the Hubble and Gaia space telescopes, an international team of astronomers has come up with the most accurate estimate yet of our galaxy’s…
Category: Science
A team of scientists are using their training in physics to solve some real-world problems–like the optimal strategy for detangling long hair. Read More
Last September, Italian physicist Alessandro Strumia gave a bizarre lecture at CERN in which he argued–to an audience of young women scientists–that women are less qualified to… Read More
An air-to-air imaging technology developed by NASA has resulted in the first images ever taken of interacting shockwaves produced by in-flight supersonic jets. The new images, in… Read More
In the 18th-century English ballad The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a storm drives a sailor’s ship toward the South Pole, where he encounters all manner of… Read More
Ritual Sacrifice of 137 Children Found at 15th-Century Archaeological Site in Peru
Archaeologists working at a 15th-century site in Peru have unearthed the remains of 137 children and 200 llamas in what’s now considered the largest mass child sacrifice…
This week, the Food and Drug Administration approved Johnson & Johnson’s Spravato, the nasal spray version of a ketamine-like sedative, for certain cases of depression. And the… Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first new kind of depression treatment seen in decades, a nasal spray drug based on the sedative ketamine. Read More
The United States puts more people in prison than any other country in the world, yet little is known about the ways this sad reality impacts the… Read More
In California, a wet winter no longer protects landscapes from the kind of intense wildfires the state’s been experiencing lately. Read More