A subtle symphony of ripples in spacetime – astronomers use dead stars to measure gravitational waves produced by ancient black holes Black holes and other massive objects...
Visual misinformation is widespread on Facebook – and often undercounted by researchers If your instincts say a lot of images on Facebook are misleading, you’re right. AP...
Meltwater is hydro-fracking Greenland’s ice sheet through millions of hairline cracks – destabilizing its internal structure Richard Bates and Alun Hubbard kayak a meltwater stream on Greenland’s...
IceCube neutrino detector in Antarctica spots first high-energy neutrinos emitted in our own Milky Way galaxy Scientists have detected the first neutrinos from our galaxy. NSF/IceCube Jim...
US agencies buy vast quantities of personal information on the open market – a legal scholar explains why and what it means for privacy in the...
Researchers can learn a lot with your genetic information, even when you skip survey questions – yesterday’s mode of informed consent doesn’t quite fit today’s biobank studies Participants...
English dialects make themselves heard in genes Conditions in rural Great Britain around the turn of the 20th century offer a case study for cultural evolution researchers....
Lab-grown meat techniques aren’t new – cell cultures are common tools in science, but bringing them up to scale to meet society’s demand for meat will...
The digital future may rely on ultrafast optical electronics and computers The author’s lab’s ultrafast optical switch in action. Mohammed Hassan, University of Arizona, CC BY-ND Mohammed...
Do you crush microbes when you step on them? You don’t need to watch where you step when it comes to bacteria. Westend61/Getty Images Ashok Prasad, Colorado...
