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The first hint of an exomoon is a big step in our hunt for alien life

Space

The first hint of an exomoon is a big step in our hunt for alien life

Abigail Beall

Physicists Condemn Sexism Through ‘Particles for Justice’

Protest

Physicists Condemn Sexism Through ‘Particles for Justice’

Sophia Chen

We're Destroying the Sea—But It Could Save Us From Ourselves

Climate Change

We're Destroying the Sea—But It Could Save Us From Ourselves

Matt Simon

This weekend, a spectacular art show will fire LED beams into the cosmos to light up space debris

Art

This weekend, a spectacular art show will fire LED beams into the cosmos to light up space debris

Daphne Leprince-Ringuet

The US military is hacking insects with virus DNA, raising fears of dangerous new bio-weapons

Biology

The US military is hacking insects with virus DNA, raising fears of dangerous new bio-weapons

Matt Reynolds

A Mushroom Extract Might Save Bees From a Killer Virus

Mycology

A Mushroom Extract Might Save Bees From a Killer Virus

Robbie Gonzalez

Swarms of Supersize Mosquitoes Besiege North Carolina

Plague

Swarms of Supersize Mosquitoes Besiege North Carolina

Megan Molteni

The Physics of Chewbacca Falling Out of a Moving Train

The Force

The Physics of Chewbacca Falling Out of a Moving Train

Rhett Allain

America’s Clergy Are Teaming Up With Scientists

Faith

America’s Clergy Are Teaming Up With Scientists

Rebecca Heilweil

It’s Time to Talk About Robot Gender Stereotypes

Social Robotics

It’s Time to Talk About Robot Gender Stereotypes

Matt Simon

Physicists Who Sculpted Laser Beams Win Nobel Prize

Cats Approve

Physicists Who Sculpted Laser Beams Win Nobel Prize

Sophia Chen

A Brain-Eating Amoeba Just Claimed Another Victim

Infections

A Brain-Eating Amoeba Just Claimed Another Victim

Robbie Gonzalez

The Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to a woman for the first time in 55 years

Physics

The Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to a woman for the first time in 55 years

Abigail Beall

The cool science behind the Nobel prize-winning treatment for cancer

Health

The cool science behind the Nobel prize-winning treatment for cancer

Abigail Beall

Matt Hancock has a plan to curb social media use. It's a bad plan

Mental Health

Matt Hancock has a plan to curb social media use. It's a bad plan

Sanjana Varghese

Farmers Can Now Buy Microbes to Replace Fertilizer

Eat Up

Farmers Can Now Buy Microbes to Replace Fertilizer

Megan Molteni

Crawling Dead: How Ants Turn Into Zombies

Bugs

Crawling Dead: How Ants Turn Into Zombies

Matt Simon

The science that explains why liquid-only diets actually work

Health

The science that explains why liquid-only diets actually work

Abigail Beall

The Human Cell Atlas Is Biologists' Latest Grand Project

Data Sharing

The Human Cell Atlas Is Biologists' Latest Grand Project

Megan Molteni

The Physics of Lifting Off From the Moon's Surface

3-2-1

The Physics of Lifting Off From the Moon's Surface

Rhett Allain