Why Trains Don’t Fall Off the Track When Turning Researcher derives the optimal angle for train wheels and reveals a new analysis that simplifies our understanding of trains April 12, 2017 by Crystal Riley Read More
Chimpanzees Can Tell When You Believe Something False In a clever test used on toddlers, researchers have learned something new about the social intelligence of apes by Gina Misra Read More
The Deafening Sound of Neutron Stars Crashing Together When large objects in space orbit around each other, they make big waves, and a big sound. April 5, 2017 by Crystal Riley Read More
Betting on Aliens Would you invest in the search for extraterrestrials for a chance to win big? April 4, 2017 by Jacob Haqq-Misra Read More
Planet Friendships in Solar Systems Beyond Our Own Exoplanet detection techniques improved in hopes of finding the expected co-orbiting planets March 27, 2017 by Crystal Riley Read More
Viruses May Help Us In The Fight Against Cancer Viruses have long been our enemies, but we may have found a way to join forces against cancer cells. by Gina Misra Read More
What Does it Mean to Be Alive? Maybe the underlying principle of life is neither cells nor metabolism, but the sharing of information. March 20, 2017 by Sciworthy Staff Read More
Flashlight Fish and their Glow-In-The-Dark Friends The flashlight fish Anomalops katoptron uses light from glowing bacteria to find food in the dark by Gina Misra Read More
Bacteria-Powered Battery Helps Remove Lake Pollution Combining aquatic plants with a microbial fuel cell effectively reduces nitrogen pollution in water March 7, 2017 by Gina Misra Read More
Water found outside of the solar system A planet around a distant star shows us it has water on it by the light it gives off. March 6, 2017 by Crystal Riley Read More
