So have we finally detected dark matter? It's not clear. As the group themselves note, even...
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We're still learning about the caldera and its past. But perhaps this is one cataclysm a little...
Control of the virus is not because of lockdown orders or hashtags. It's because the public demonstrated...
If-and I stress that it is still if-this data turn out to be garbage, I can not...
There is something primal, almost visceral about a rocket launch. It's unlike anything else in the human...
[ThTh1] As we look deeper into the universe, we have to look with different eyes. The expansion...
If Hydroxychloroquine fails-and it's not looking good-my only response will be massive disappointment. Not entirely unexpected, but...
Parallel universes? t's now time for me to be Dr. Buzzkill. While this explanation is not...
Black holes are difficult to find because…they are black. They don’t emit light. And light is the...
That was the sound of every epidemiologist, economist, mathematician, scientist,s and every virologist simultaneously face-palming and crashing...
The Great Debate illustrates the scientific method so beautifully. Shapley was wrong. But he won the debate...
As a graduate student, Hubble took data for me on my birthday. No that's not a humblebrag....
In the end, that's all we can do in a situation like this: stack the odds in...
There's obviously a long way to go before we send off our first interstellar probe. But...
It is reasonable to suspect that the trend toward telehealth will continue, even after the pandemic has...
The Era of Classical Astronomy -- from Galileo through Newton -- was full of these kind of...
So as long as you don't dive into the deep motion, dig a meter into the sand...
The sheer number of planets in our Galaxy makes the existence of extraterrestrial life very likely. And...
In the end, COVID-19 is a very serious concern. It is infectious, it is spread easily by...
Whenever someone tells me that women can't do math, I gently remind them that the term "computer"...