How rapid intensification spawned two monster hurricanes in one week
One of the widest hurricanes on record slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast on September 26 as a powerful Category 4 […]
Once-weekly insulin might mean fewer shots for some with diabetes
Life with diabetes usually includes many injections of the blood sugar–controlling hormone insulin. Recent research investigating a once-weekly shot finds
Barnard’s star has at least one planet orbiting it after all
A red dwarf star known as Barnard’s star, which lies a mere six light-years from our solar system, has at
A materials scientist seeks to extract lithium from untapped sources
Electric vehicles promise to help wean us off of fossil fuels, but they introduce a new problem: how to get
Why Hurricane Helene was so devastating
A perfect storm of climate, geologic and geographic conditions have combined to make Hurricane Helene one of the most devastating
Silk Road cities reached surprising heights in Central Asia’s mountains
Two high-altitude, medieval cities built by mobile herders along Silk Road trade routes in Central Asia have been hiding in
How did dark matter shape the universe? This physicist has ideas
At age 12, Tracy Slatyer felt sorry for a book. She read a newspaper article about how lots of people
This engineer’s light-based computers take inspiration from the brain
Bhavin Shastri still gets excited when he sees a laser pointer, and he’s been fascinated by them since he was
Male mosquitoes sometimes suck, too
Male mosquitoes may be nearly as bloodthirsty as females under certain conditions, new research suggests. That upends the notion that
Runaway stars could influence the cosmos far past their home galaxies
Dozens of fugitive stars were caught fleeing a dense star cluster in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The