Astronomers have for the first time detected the background hum of gravitational waves likely caused by merging black holes.
The flood of misinformation on social media could actually be worse than many researchers have reported. The problem is…
New data from the IceCube collaboration shows neutrino emissions from within our Milky Way galaxy – but figuring out where…
Biobanks collect and store large amounts of data that researchers use to conduct a wide range of studies. Making sure participants…
Glaciologists are discovering new ways surface meltwater alters the internal structure of ice sheets, and raising an alarm…
The government faces legal restrictions on how much personal information it can gather on citizens, but the law is largely…
People with a common history – often due to significant geographic or social barriers – often share genetics and language.…
Cell cultures are common tools in biology and drug development. Bringing them up to scale to meet the meat needs of societies…
A researcher explains developments in using light rather than electrons to transmit information securely and quickly, even…
You can squash small bugs by stepping on them, but can you crush even tinier microorganisms like viruses and bacteria? It…
Dramatic improvements in computing, sensors and submersible engineering are making it possible for researchers to ramp up…
From the Arab Spring to the Belarus Awakening and the ongoing Iranian protest Women, Life, Freedom, female-centered imagery…
In 1993, a British mathematician solved a centuries-old problem. But he couldn’t have done it without the help of many…
Currents can carry that deep ocean heat hundreds of miles to surface again at distant shores.
Public comment could soon swamp government officials and representatives, thanks to AI, but AI could also help spot compelling…
Depleted uranium munitions are bad news for enemy tanks, but are not nuclear weapons, and studies have shown that they pose…
There’s pretty much no one left in the US who hasn’t been exposed to the coronavirus, whether by vaccination, infection…
Antitrust suits against Google for its advertising practices center on the technology for buying and selling online ads.…
A forensic technique more often used at modern crime scenes identified blood residue from large extinct animals on spearpoints…
When fruit flies see other dead fruit flies, their life spans are cut short. Other species also undergo analogous physiological…