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How to Convince Your Flat-Earth Friends the World Is Round
Illustration: Rhett Allain You can see that we have a right triangle…
Why the Polar Vortex Is Bad for Balloon Artists
It’s been crazy cold this week, even down where I live in…
These Rogue Worlds Upend the Theory of How Planets Form
“We know from direct imaging searches of young stars that very few…
The Tantalizing Mystery of the Solar System’s Hidden Oceans
And yet, defiantly, these alien seas remain liquid. A Mirror-Wrapped Ocean Scientists…
School of Rock: The Physics of Waves on Guitar Strings
The rubber band example does indeed have two nodes—they are at the…
An Invisible ‘Demon’ Lurks in an Odd Superconductor
A few years ago, the researchers decided to put a superconducting metal…
Dr. Nergis Mavalvala Detected the First Gravitational Wave. Her Work Doesn’t Stop There
“Where did all this come from? How did it all get started?”…
How Dr. Clara Nellist Collides Art and Science
But the detector is more complicated than you might think. “The detector…
Dr. Dara Norman Wants to Bring More People Into Science
When Dr. Norman was taking a sabbatical at Howard University in 2015,…