Published inPopular ScienceHow Astronomers Weigh the Universe (And Everything in It)You’d be hard pressed to find a big enough scale, but it’s basically the same ideaDec 31, 20193Dec 31, 20193
Published inPopular ScienceDNA Tests Can’t Tell You Your RaceMany people turn to companies like 23andMe to learn about ancestry and ethnicity. But the genetic connection is far more complicated than…Dec 30, 20195Dec 30, 20195
Published inPopular ScienceA Hundred Stars Have Disappeared — and Researchers Aren’t Ruling out AliensThe night sky is changing, and we can’t figure out whyDec 23, 201935Dec 23, 201935
Published inPopular ScienceAstronomers Are Struggling to Study the Stars Without Ruining EarthConference travel, stargazing and supercomputing produce a surprising amount of emissionsDec 20, 2019Dec 20, 2019
Published inPopular ScienceUnlocking the Mysterious Ecstasy of ASMR — and Its Agonizing CousinThe seemingly opposite conditions of autonomous sensory meridian response and misophonia could have quite a lot in commonDec 18, 20192Dec 18, 20192
Published inPopular ScienceWhy Do Other People’s Embarrassing Acts Make Us Cringe?When someone does something cringe-worthy, it might be more about you than themDec 17, 2019Dec 17, 2019
Published inPopular ScienceMeteorite-Eating Microbes Could Help Us Look for Alien LifeThe peculiar bugs could illuminate what signs to look for on Mars and beyondDec 16, 20191Dec 16, 20191
Published inPopular ScienceThe Truth About Activated Charcoal in Beauty ProductsThere’s no evidence to support the use of activated charcoal in beauty or health productsDec 13, 20195Dec 13, 20195
Published inPopular ScienceMysterious Stripes on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus May Have a New Origin StorySomething powerful split open the icy moon’s south poleDec 12, 2019Dec 12, 2019
Published inPopular ScienceWhite Dwarf Star Spotted Nibbling on the Atmosphere of a Nearby Icy PlanetThe dead star is enjoying its final mealDec 10, 2019Dec 10, 2019