Becky Ferreira
Contributor
Hobby Lobby Gives Up Stolen 3,500-Year-Old ‘Gilgamesh Dream Tablet’
The rare and valuable tablet is the latest artifact that Hobby Lobby has had to forfeit due to its illegal provenance.
Bezos Says He Will Pay $2 Billion for NASA Moon Lander, If He Gets a Contract
Bezos’ open letter to NASA administrator Bill Nelson is his latest effort to get his company, Blue Origin, back into the Moon landing game.
How an Earth-Sized Telescope Images Supermassive Black Holes
Ziri Younsi, a member of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, explains how scientists managed to photograph a black hole across 55 million light years.
New Image of a Black Hole's Powerful Jets Is Challenging Scientists' Theories
The Event Horizon Telescope has taken the best images yet of a radiant jet shooting out of the nearest active galaxy to the Milky Way.
Scientists Did a Massive DNA Study on Global Weed Strains. Here's What They Found
An analysis of 110 cannabis genomes upended prevailing assumptions about the plant’s history of cultivation.
The Hubble Telescope Is Back Online a Month After Going Dark
Science operations are expected to resume within days, according to the mission team.
Scientists Observed a Brainless Blob Thinking and Making Decisions
The slime mold Physarum uses mechanical signals to probe environments that it hasn't directly explored yet.
Newly-Discovered 'Borg' DNA Is Unlike Anything Scientists Have Ever Seen
These 'Borg' elements assimilated genes from other organisms, and could be used to help fight climate change.
Devastating Floods Will Dominate the 2030s Thanks to the Moon's Orbit and Climate Change
The combined influence of the Moon and humans could triple or quadruple coastal flooding in the US over the 2030s, reports a new study.
'Gardened Zones' on Europa Could Be the Key to Finding Life, Study Says
Signs of life on Europa would be most accessible in the fallout of landslides or fresh craters, suggest a new study.
Jupiter Pulses With Energy Like 'Clockwork,' And Now We Finally Know Why
For 40 years, scientists have struggled to explain Jupiter's regular auroral X-ray bursts, which contain enough energy to power all of human civilization.
What Scientists Have Learned from Hidden Ripples in Spacetime
MIT astrophysicist Nergis Mavalvala talks about the discovery of gravitational waves—and everything that has followed—on Motherboard’s “Space Show.”