Science This Is the Most Difficult Maze, According to Physicists The labyrinthine fractal is based on movements in chess and strange crystal structures found in the physical world. By Isaac Schultz Published July 5, 2024 | Comments (0)
SciencePhysics Most Precise Atomic Clock Ever Built Will Only Lose a Second Every 30 Billion Years The device, which traps thousands of atoms to keep time, is "pushing the boundaries of what's possible with timekeeping." By Isaac Schultz Updated July 4, 2024 | Comments (0)
SciencePhysics We’ll Have to Wait a Bit Longer for the World’s Biggest Fusion Reactor The long-anticipated experiment will have a revised schedule and a different approach to reaching its eventual reactions. By Isaac Schultz Updated July 3, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather Not Good: Hurricane Beryl Is the Earliest Category 5 Storm in Recorded History The hurricane already hit Grenada, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines with venom, and now encroaches on Jamaica. By Isaac Schultz Updated July 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
SciencePhysics Huge, Faltering Fusion Reactor Project Finally Completes Its Magnet System ITER, the largest testing bed for nuclear fusion on Earth, could prove the viability of the power source—if it ever turns on. By Isaac Schultz Published July 1, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace Wild Theory Suggests Dark Matter Could Make Stars Immortal We take it for granted that all stars eventually die, but a quirk involving dark matter suggests those near the galactic core may last forever. By Isaac Schultz Published June 28, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceArchaeology Here’s One Malady You Share With Ancient Egyptian Scribes 69 male skeletons from an Egyptian necropolis reveal that hunching over to write caused just as much pain in ancient times. By Isaac Schultz Published June 28, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceAnimals Delightful Comedy Wildlife Photos Show the Lighter Side of Mother Nature From bears to birds, the brutal circle of life occasionally begets moments of anthropomorphic levity. By Isaac Schultz Published June 28, 2024 | Comments (0)
SciencePaleontology New Research Casts Doubt on What Killed the Last Living Mammoth The last mammoths on Earth survived centuries of genetic drift before dying out some 4,000 years ago, but the ultimate cause of their demise remains unknown. By Isaac Schultz Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace A Bonus ‘Hitchhiker’ Will Come Back From Mars in Perseverance’s Sample Tubes Additional space in the tubes containing Martian rock could reveal insights into the gases that make up the Red Planet's atmosphere. By Isaac Schultz Published June 21, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceArchaeology Well-Preserved Bronze Age Shipwreck ‘Changes Our Entire Understanding’ of Ancient Mariners The vessel was found far from land, challenging previous assumptions about the seafaring capabilities of its Bronze Age builders. By Isaac Schultz Published June 21, 2024 | Comments (0)
SciencePhysics Mathematicians Are Excited About a Newly Discovered Shape The unique geometric shape maintains a constant width regardless of the dimension it's measured in. By Isaac Schultz Updated June 20, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceAnimals Newly Confirmed Jumping Leeches Are the Worst Fear You Didn’t Know You Had Yes, it's true—the parasitic worms can jump, a behavior that has now been captured on video. By Isaac Schultz Published June 20, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceArchaeology This Murky Liquid Is the Oldest-Known Wine, With a Horrifying Extra Ingredient Despite being reddened by 2,000 years of decay and the presence of cremated remains, chemical analysis confirmed the variety of the vintage. By Isaac Schultz Updated June 18, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace Astronomers Witness a Supermassive Black Hole Roaring to Life Over the past five years, the galaxy's nucleus has gone from serene to surging with energetic swirls, suggesting the emergence of a gigantic black hole. By Isaac Schultz Published June 18, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpace Pair of Merging Quasars Reveals Secrets of the Universe’s Earliest Days The galactic cores, containing huge black holes, could help explain how the universe developed into the complex cosmos it is today. By Isaac Schultz Published June 17, 2024 | Comments (0)
SciencePhysics What Is a Quantum Battery? And When Will It Power My Laptop? Join me down the rabbit hole of energy storage's future. By Isaac Schultz Published June 15, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceArchaeology Ernest Shackleton’s Last Ship Found on the Ocean Floor Near Canada’s East Coast The Quest sank in 1962 after being crushed by ice...a familiar story for Shackleton's ships. By Isaac Schultz Published June 13, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceArchaeology At Least 64 Boys, Including Twins, Sacrificed in Ancient Maya Underground Chamber Ancient DNA recovered from 64 individuals whose remains sat underground for centuries is shedding light on their family lineages and exposure to disease. By Isaac Schultz Published June 12, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Policy Disturbing ‘Light Paintings’ Show All That Crap We’re Breathing In From England to India, particulate matter in the air runs risks to human health. By Isaac Schultz Published June 11, 2024 | Comments (0)
