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...
Titan submersible disaster underscores dangers of deep-sea exploration – an engineer explains why most ocean science is conducted with crewless submarines Researchers are increasingly using small, autonomous...
Proving Fermat’s last theorem: 2 mathematicians explain how building bridges within the discipline helped solve a centuries-old mystery Andrew Wiles, the mathematician who presented a proof...
Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, boosting long-term ocean warming, new research shows Satellite data illustrates the heat signature of Hurricane Maria above...
