50 years ago, satellites threatened astronomers’ view of the cosmos
Satellites interfere with radio astronomy – Scientific news, October 5, 1974 In the past, satellites and probes launched by NASA […]
This light-based engineer’s computers take inspiration from the brain
Bhavin Shastri still gets excited when he sees a laser pointer and has been fascinated by them since he was
Some fleas do not poop for weeks. This keeps their pools clean
Some tadpoles do not poop in the first weeks of their lives. At least, this is the case for Eiffinger’s
A new implant tested in animals reverses drug overdoses
Naloxone has saved thousands of lives by reversing opioid overdoses. But its success depends on someone nearby who can administer
Runaway stars can impact the cosmos far away from their galaxies
Dozens of runaway stars were caught escaping from a dense star cluster in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
Decline in vaping pushes use of tobacco products by young Americans to record low
Smallest number of American teens and tweens in 25 years are currently using tobacco products. According to the 2024 National
Saturn’s first Trojan asteroid has finally been discovered
Astronomers have finally found an asteroid that keeps pace with Saturn in its orbit around the sun. Such objects, called
NASA’s Europa mission is a homecoming for a planetary astronomer
Planetary astronomer Bonnie Buratti remembers exactly where she was the first time she heard that Jupiter’s icy moon Europa might
Discovery of key machine learning tools wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics
As artificial intelligence explodes in popularity, two of its pioneers have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. The
How tiny phytoplankton travel long distances up the ocean
It’s one of the most massive migrations on Earth: a huge biomass of tiny plankton traveling from the deep sea