AdminOctober 2, 2024 4 min read Largest Brain Map Ever Reveals Fruit Fly’s Neurons in Exquisite Detail Wiring diagram lays out connections between nearly 140,000 neurons and reveals new types…
AdminOctober 2, 2024 3 min read Debate Linguistics Reveals the Politics at Play in the 2024 Election Linguist and sociophonetician Nicole Holliday analyzes the language used by candidates in the…
AdminOctober 2, 2024 4 min read Hurricanes Kill People for Years after the Initial Disaster The average tropical cyclone in the U.S. ultimately causes about 7,000 to 11,000 excess deaths,…
AdminA perfect storm of climate, geologic and geographic conditions have combined to make Hurricane Helene one of the most devastating storms to ever hit the United States. Days after it…
AdminCoyotes turn out to have face muscles that look capable of making that big-eyed, sad-puppy face that dogs have used to melt human hearts for eons. That discovery supports a…
AdminOctober 1, 2024 4 min read Pickleball Physics Explained, from Balls and Paddles to Shots ‘Professor Pickleball’ reveals the science behind the U.S.’s fastest growing sport By Mark Fischetti Pickleball…
AdminWhen Amos Abolaji returned to Nigeria from a year abroad, he brought home a strange souvenir — two jars full of fruit flies. The biochemist had been conducting postdoctoral research…
AdminOctober 1, 2024 5 min read A One-in-10-Billion Particle Decay Hints at Hidden Physics Physicists have detected a long-sought particle process that may suggest new forces and particles exist in…
AdminWhile SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are enabling internet access and cell phone communications around the globe, they’re also posing a threat to radio astronomy, a new study suggests. In some wavelength…
AdminSeptember 30, 2024 4 min read Why Appalachia Flooded So Severely from Helene’s Remnants Inland flooding from tropical cyclones, even at high altitudes, is a major worry—and one that scientists…
