Astronomers discover spacetime drag around a supermassive black hole — as predicted by Einstein
A star’s fatal brush with a supermassive black hole can light up a quiet galaxy. When gravity shreds…
US county-level study links poor sleep to reduced life expectancy
It is estimated that more than 10 million American adults consistently get less than seven hours of sleep…
Mosasaur tooth fossil reveals giant sea reptiles lived in freshwater rivers
At the end of the Cretaceous Period, a type of giant reptile called mosasaurs occupied and dominated oceanic…
15-year-old physicist sets his sights on creating ‘super-humans’
Life expectancy has climbed steadily over the past century, but few people talk seriously about eliminating death itself.…
Black sea microbes stop potent nitrous oxide gas from escaping into the air we breathe
Far below the surface of the Black Sea, in water that never sees daylight and holds almost no…
Researchers reveal nuclear ‘island’ where magic numbers break down
Atomic nuclei are often described as orderly systems. Certain numbers of protons or neutrons, called magic numbers, usually…
LZ detector marks a new era in the search for light dark matter and neutrinos
Far beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota, a tank of liquid xenon is quietly recording some of…
Fossil tracks in Italy record a turtle stampede from 80 million years ago
In the spring of 2019, free climbers scaling the risky cliffs of Monte Cònero on Italy’s Adriatic coast…
Fermilab experiment finds no evidence for a fourth neutrino, ending a long-debated theory
For three decades, a riddle has followed neutrinos, the near-weightless particles that stream through Earth by the trillions…
Anacondas became giants long before humans walked the Earth
Snakes come in all sizes today, from tiny thread snakes no longer than a pencil to green anacondas…
Mysterious structures within Earth’s mantle may explain why we exist
Far below your feet, nearly 1,800 miles beneath oceans and continents, Earth carries two massive scars from its…
Ocean storms under Antarctic ice found to rapidly boost melting
Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of…