History Science decyphers Ptolemy manual for an ancient astronomical device hidden beneath another text for centuries April 8, 2024
News Hidden features in old colonial money reveal how Ben Franklin outwitted counterfeiters and shaped America’s first currency April 5, 2024
News Scientists measure gravity of smallest mass so far, chasing Holy Grail of physics February 29, 2024
Animals Revolutionary camera sees the world through the eyes of animals — from bees to birds January 25, 2024
News Chemists use soccer-ball-shaped molecules to form the first one-dimensional gas January 23, 2024
Astronomy “Diamond rain” on icy planets has unexpected connection to magnetic fields January 10, 2024
News What does it feel like to ‘touch’ quantum physics? These scientists gave it a shot November 2, 2023 - Updated on November 3, 2023
News New superconducting camera with 400,000 pixels can spot the Universe’s dimmest lights October 27, 2023
News LIGO can now detect 60% more gravitational waves thanks to ‘quantum squeezing’ of light October 25, 2023
News Quantum Yin-Yang? Scientists visualize quantum entanglement of photons for the first time August 22, 2023
Art How the Soviets stole nuclear secrets and targeted Oppenheimer, the ‘father of the atomic bomb’ July 27, 2023
Physics Many planets also have auroras — and they all probably form the same way as on Earth July 18, 2023
News Could cosmic radiation predict earthquakes? A wild idea, but still rooted in science June 21, 2023
News Scientists create most detailed map of dark matter, confirm Einstein’s theory of gravity April 12, 2023
Chemistry Single-molecule switch is a million times faster than a transistor March 14, 2023 - Updated on May 3, 2023
News This ‘everlasting bubble’ endured 465 days without popping February 16, 2023 - Updated on March 16, 2023
Chemistry There are actually two kinds of water, with slightly different properties February 13, 2023
News Scientists just invented an entirely new way to cool things that could one day replace our polluting fridges January 10, 2023
News For the first time, physicists have produced more energy from fusion than they used December 13, 2022
Physics Is dark matter made out of dark photons? These physicists think so December 13, 2022 - Updated on December 14, 2022
News Scientists devised a quantum watch that measures time in a fundamentally different way November 1, 2022
Future An AI capable of ‘thermal attacks’ just proved that no password is safe October 13, 2022 - Updated on June 21, 2023
News Light and salt crystals could help usher in the next generation of data storage October 10, 2022