2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to Tiny Quantum Dots with Huge Effects
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discovery of quantum dots, an entirely new class of material that is used in large-screen TVs and cancer surgery
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Cats Are Perfect. An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why
Cats have attained evolutionary perfection -
An mRNA Pioneer Discusses How Her Work Led to the COVID Vaccines
Biochemist Katalin Karikó and her colleague Drew Weissman were recently awarded a $3-million Breakthrough Prize for their work -
This Year's Physics Nobel Awards Scientists for Slicing Reality into Attoseconds
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier split the award for their ability to picture nature in a billionth of a billionth of a second -
Beyond Pluto, New Horizons Gets a Reprieve from NASA
NASA has reversed course on plans to curtail the New Horizons spacecraft’s planetary science studies following a rebellion among the mission’s leaders -
Ultrafast Laser Trailblazers Win 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier received the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for using attosecond-scale pulses of light to study the motions of electrons -
New 6G Networks Are in the Works. Can They Destroy Dead Zones for Good?
Next-generation 6G technology could “enable applications that we may not even imagine today” -
The Assumptions You Bring into Conversation with an AI Bot Influence What It Says
A new study reveals an “AI placebo effect”: the same chatbot will respond differently depending on its users’ assumptions about artificial intelligence -
'AI Anxiety' Is on the Rise--Here's How to Manage It
Rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence have prompted big questions about the future of work and even human creativity. Experts have suggestions for how to manage all these unknowns -
Scientists behind mRNA COVID Vaccines Win 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for mRNA vaccine discoveries that made highly effective COVID vaccines possible -
Pipelines Touted as Carbon Capture Solution Spark Uncertainty and Opposition
Federal investment in carbon capture could help fight climate change, but this technology is facing fierce opposition -
New York City's Floods and Torrential Rainfall Explained
Record-breaking rains caused major flash flooding in New York City, reminiscent of Hurricane Ida and a sign of what climate change will increasingly bring -
Eaten, Crushed or Starved; Male Tarantulas Trade Their Life to Impregnate a Mate
After eight years maturing in a burrow, male tarantulas venture out to mate, then die a cruel death -
What Humans Lose When AI Writes for Us
In Who Wrote This? linguist Naomi S. Baron discusses how artificial intelligence threatens our ability to express ourselves -
How to See the 'Ring of Fire' Annular Solar Eclipse of October 14
This annular solar eclipse will only reveal its full glory to a select few, but onlookers across much of the Western Hemisphere can catch a partial glimpse of the dazzling phenomenon -
Last Meal of 465-Million-Year-Old Trilobite Discovered
Scientists have uncovered an ancient trilobite’s last meal preserved inside a nearly intact fossil -
Supermassive Black Hole Feeding Frenzies May Explain Blinking Quasars
A new simulation shows black holes ripping apart and consuming their accretion disk in a matter of months, which may explain why some quasars quickly brighten and dim -
What's a Qubit? 3 Ways Scientists Build Quantum Computers
Scientists are trying to master the basic computing element known as a qubit to make quantum computers more powerful than electronic machines -
Reconstruction Helped Her Become a Physician. Jim Crow Drove Her to Flee the U.S.
Sarah Loguen Fraser was the daughter of abolitionists and one of the first African American female doctors trained after the Civil War. -
How Family Trauma Perpetuates Authoritarian Societies
Pioneering scholar Riane Eisler describes her lifelong quest to understand why warlike societies are the norm
