NASA wants to light a fire on the moon – but it’s for science

NASA wants to light a fire on the moon – but it’s for science - The experiment could launch as soon as later this year ...
Scientific American

Just getting 90 minutes less sleep could lead to weight gain

Getting as little as 90 minutes less sleep than usual may lead to gaining weight and becoming more sedentary, a new study ...
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First experiment to thicken Arctic ice with seawater shows promise — but there’s a big catch

Researchers recently performed the first scientific test of sea ice thickening in the field, but there remains a big question ...

New York Times calls University of California's 'test-blind' admissions policy a 'terrible' mistake

The New York Times Editorial Board calls the University of California's test-blind admissions policy a "terrible" mistake as ...

In 1851, a French physicist suspended a metal ball from a 67-metre wire, and it became one of the first direct proofs that the Earth rotates

Most of us accept that the Earth rotates because we have been taught it since childhood. We have seen satellite images, ...
Scientific American

NASA’s exoplanet mission accidentally discovers a world it was never meant to find

The exoplanet telescope TESS revealed a distant world using an entirely different detection method than the one it was built ...
The New Yorker

Science & Technology

Dhruv Khullar on the latest research on GLP-1 drugs, which, though typically used to manage diabetes and obesity, are showing ...