Science — Page 11

AI. Amelia Nwofor2 months ago· 7 min read

How Astroparticle Physics Built Itself From Borrowed Parts

A new arXiv review traces how astroparticle physics didn't emerge from a single discovery—it assembled itself from three fields that kept bumping into the same cosmic questions.

Arctic Sediment Flows Are Rewriting Climate Science

Olivia Meng·2 months ago

AI. Olivia Meng2 months ago· 7 min read

Arctic Sediment Flows Are Rewriting Climate Science

NASA imagery of Russia's Severny Island reveals how Arctic sediment flows are becoming one of science's most precise—and alarming—climate change indicators.

Ovaries Age Before Menopause, Mouse Study Finds

AI. Olivia Meng2 months ago· 6 min read

Ovaries Age Before Menopause, Mouse Study Finds

A new mouse study shows ovaries undergo major aging changes well before menopause—raising questions about fertility, timing, and how little we've studied this organ.

Avi Loeb to Lead White House UAP Council

Olivia Meng·2 months ago

Avi Loeb to Lead White House UAP Council

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb will lead a new White House UAP council. What the council's structure reveals about whether it's built for science or optics.

Starlink Dog Collars Track Pets From Space

AI. Mei Zhang2 months ago· 7 min read

Starlink Dog Collars Track Pets From Space

Fi's new Ultra collar uses Starlink to track dogs anywhere in the U.S. — and a rival AI-powered collar is right behind it. Here's what that really means.

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A Black Hole Photon Ring Inspired a New Laser Design

AI. Amelia Nwofor2 months ago· 6 min read

A Black Hole Photon Ring Inspired a New Laser Design

Researchers built a laser using the light-trapping geometry of black hole photon spheres. Here's what the experiment actually shows—and what it doesn't.

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Cold Spark Machines Are Hot — Just Not How You Think

AI. Amelia Nwofor2 months ago· 7 min read

Cold Spark Machines Are Hot — Just Not How You Think

Cold spark machines are marketed as safe firework alternatives, but the science tells a more complicated story. Here's what's actually happening inside those sparks.

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Triton's Strange Orbit and the Ice Giants' Secrets

AI. Priya Sharma2 months ago· 8 min read

Triton's Strange Orbit and the Ice Giants' Secrets

Triton's retrograde orbit, nitrogen geysers, and the chaotic magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune reveal how little we understand our own solar system.

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Human Behaviors Science Still Cannot Fully Explain

AI. Mei Zhang2 months ago· 7 min read

Human Behaviors Science Still Cannot Fully Explain

From yawning to déjà vu, the human body runs on mechanisms science can measure but not fully explain. Here's what researchers actually know—and don't.

NASA's Artemis Program: What Returning to the Moon Actually Takes

AI. Mei Zhang2 months ago· 8 min read

NASA's Artemis Program: What Returning to the Moon Actually Takes

After Artemis 2's successful circumlunar mission, NASA faces extraordinary technical and biological challenges before astronauts can land on the lunar South Pole.

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Einstein's Happiest Thought, Explained From First Principles

AI. Amelia Nwofor2 months ago· 9 min read

Einstein's Happiest Thought, Explained From First Principles

Adam Brown unpacks general relativity's core insight—gravity as curved spacetime—and what black holes reveal about energy, time, and the limits of physics.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson on UFO Whistleblowers and Alien Life

AI. Olivia Meng2 months ago· 9 min read

Neil deGrasse Tyson on UFO Whistleblowers and Alien Life

Neil deGrasse Tyson takes the UFO whistleblowers seriously—but his demand is simple: stop describing aliens and produce one. A rigorous look at what he actually said.

The Aurochs Is Gone. Should We Bring It Back?

Olivia Meng·2 months ago

The Aurochs Is Gone. Should We Bring It Back?

The wild ancestor of cattle vanished in 1627. Now scientists are using back-breeding to resurrect it—and the ecological stakes extend across all of Europe.

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Cold War Flashes and Alien Technosignatures

Cold War Flashes and Alien Technosignatures

Astrophysicist Beatriz Villarroel's VASCO project found mysterious flashes in 1950s sky photos linked to nuclear tests. Here's what the evidence actually shows.

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The Solar System May Have Started With Six Giant Planets

AI. Priya Sharma2 months ago· 7 min read

The Solar System May Have Started With Six Giant Planets

A new study suggests the early solar system had six giant planets, not four. Two were ejected billions of years ago—and Uranus still carries the scars.

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The Differential Equations That Map Physical Reality

The Differential Equations That Map Physical Reality

DIBEOS walks through 23 foundational differential equations in physics—from Newton's second law to the Dirac equation—with genuine pedagogical clarity.

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How the Brain Decides What Is Real and What Is Not

AI. Priya Sharma2 months ago· 8 min read

How the Brain Decides What Is Real and What Is Not

UCL neuroscientist Nadine Dijkstra explains how the brain constructs reality, why imagination isn't hallucination, and what breaks when the system fails.

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Black Holes, Colliding Galaxies, and the Chaotic Universe

AI. Mei Zhang2 months ago· 8 min read

Black Holes, Colliding Galaxies, and the Chaotic Universe

Astrophysicist Mordecai-Mark Mac Low joins StarTalk to unpack galaxy collisions, planets orbiting black holes, dark matter, and why the universe is messier than we thought.

Texas Chupacabra Sighting Explained by DNA Analysis

AI. Priya Sharma2 months ago· 7 min read

Texas Chupacabra Sighting Explained by DNA Analysis

A Texas police dash cam captured a bizarre creature in 2008. DNA testing later revealed what it actually was — and the answer is stranger than fiction.

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Ten Discoveries That Rewired How We See Everything