Becky Ferreira
Contributor
A Physicist and a YouTuber Made a $10,000 Bet Over the Laws of Physics
Experts including Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson were witnesses to this new high-stakes wager over the claims of a wind-powered car.
Scientists Solved a Decades-Long Mystery About Colossal Explosions In Space
How long can ordered magnetic fields survive in the aftermath of a gamma-ray burst? A new study confirms that these primordial fields are rapidly smashed to smithereens.
This Magnet Can Lift an Aircraft Carrier And Will Attempt Nuclear Fusion
The first module of the Central Solenoid is driving across the US under cover of night to be shipped to France to eventually attempt nuclear fusion.
Vast Strands In the Cosmic Web That Connects the Universe Are Spinning, Scientists Find
The largest spinning objects in the universe are filled with galaxies, and the finding hints that things in the cosmos may be far more dynamically connected than previously imagined.
Mysterious Space Signals Line Up With the Cosmic Web Connecting the Universe, Scientists Find
The CHIME collaboration announced the detection of 535 fast radio bursts (FRBs), the biggest haul from a single survey ever.
Everybody Be Quiet Please, These Weird Fish Are Trying to Bone
Boat noises reduce the communication range of male toadfish by 75 percent, which affects their ability to attract mates.
Researchers Create Soil Catalyst to Make Farming on Mars a Reality
Perchlorate, a dangerous chemical compound, is abundant in Martian soil. A new catalyst could help remove this contaminant on Earth, and beyond it.
Scientists Revive Tiny Animals Frozen for 24,000 Years In Arctic Permafrost
The tiny multicellular microbes sprang back to life and produced offspring after 24,000 years.
Scientists Extracted DNA From ‘Blood Snow’ in the Alps. Here’s What They Found.
Scientists analyzed “blood snow” DNA to better understand alpine microalgae's complex interactions with climate change.
What the Pandemic Felt Like From an Icebreaker Trapped in the Arctic
The largest Arctic expedition in history, MOSAiC, struggled with the logistical challenges of COVID-19—but as the pandemic raged, members were able to live a normal ‘fantasyland’ life.
Scientists Have Observed an Unprecedented Burst of Energy from Space
A gamma-ray burst observed in August 2019 has smashed records and revealed unexpected inconsistencies in models of how massive stars die.
90% of Sharks Were Mysteriously Wiped Out and Never Recovered, Scientists Find
"They made it through the asteroid impacts, they've made it through global warming, global cooling, and all sorts of things. And yet this event that we didn't know about wiped out 90 percent of them."