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The orbits of a trio of stars can be so chaotic that it’s impossible to precisely calculate the stars’ future trajectories. That’s the real science behind the name of …
Separating science fact from fiction in Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ Read More
What’s dumped into a landfill is supposed to stay there, but a new study finds that toxic “forever chemicals” are wafting from the waste into the air. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl …
Landfills belch toxic ‘forever chemicals’ into the air Read More
A summer wave of COVID-19 is rising. “There’s clearly a bump,” says William Schaffner, an infectious diseases expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. The medical center has seen …
How to stay healthy during the COVID-19 summertime surge Read More
Somewhere in the not-too-distant universe, a galaxy named SDSS1335+0728 is waking up. Over the past four years, astronomers have been able to watch the supermassive black hole in SDSS1335+0728’s center …
Astronomers watch a supermassive black hole turn on for the first time Read More
For the first time in nearly a century, physicists have identified a brand new type of magnetic material. Crack open a physics textbook and you may read that scientists classify …
Newfound ‘altermagnets’ shatter the magnetic status quo Read More
Imagine tiny fists punching their way through your body. For some cancer patients, this may be the reality. Melanoma cells can mechanically tunnel their way through tissue using fleshy membrane …
Some melanoma cancer cells may punch their way through the body Read More
Supermassive black holes at the hearts of active galaxies may be churning out a lot of the universe’s high-energy neutrinos. Two teams using data from IceCube, the world’s premier neutrino …
We may finally know the source of mysterious high-energy neutrinos Read More
Meet graphene’s newest metallic cousin, goldene. For the first time, researchers have created a free-standing sheet of gold that’s just one atom thick. The development, reported in the April 16 …
Scientists developed a sheet of gold that’s just one atom thick Read More
Rogue waves are freakishly large ridges of water known for rising out of the blue to ambush hapless ships and beachgoers. But a new artificial intelligence model can predict most …
This AI can predict ship-sinking ‘freak’ waves minutes in advance Read More
Keep your eyes on the night sky this summer, scanning for the constellation Corona Borealis, and if you are lucky, you may glimpse what appears to be a new star …
A stellar explosion may create a temporary ‘new star’ this summer Read More