New Telescope Captures The Cosmos In Groundbreaking Detail
The first images from the brand new Vera C. Rubin Observatory have finally been unveiled, and they show us the cosmos like never before. The camera captures so much detail that its first complete imag...
26 Jun 202512min
How Scientists Made The First Gene-Editing Treatment For A Baby
Last month, scientists reported a historic first: they gave the first personalized gene-editing treatment to a baby who was born with a rare life-threatening genetic disorder. Before the treatment, hi...
25 Jun 202518min
Ancient Bone Proteins May Offer Insight On Megafauna Extinction
Australia is known for its unusual animal life, from koalas to kangaroos. But once upon a time, the Australian landscape had even weirder fauna, like Palorchestes azael, a marsupial with immense claws...
24 Jun 202519min
The Leap: You Do Realize… That’s Impossible
As a grad student, Suchitra Sebastian wasn’t sure she wanted to be a physicist. But when one of her experiments gave an unexpected result, she was hooked. Suchitra’s former PhD student Beng Sing Tan d...
23 Jun 202523min
What We’re Learning From The James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) started collecting data nearly three years ago, and it has already transformed our understanding of the universe. It has spotted the earliest galaxies ever seen, ...
20 Jun 202517min
How ‘Super Agers’ Stay Sharp And Active Longer Than Their Peers
Ever noticed how some people get to their 80s and 90s and continue to be healthy and active? They spend their days playing mahjong, driving to lunch, learning shuffle dancing, and practicing Portugues...
19 Jun 202530min
A Dino’s Last Dinner And Eavesdropping Birds
While there are a lot of dinosaur fossils, and a lot of plant fossils, the precise connection between the two has been something of a mystery. Now, researchers report that they’ve found what’s called ...
18 Jun 202520min
What Are The Best Practices For Prostate Cancer Screening?
Last month, former President Joe Biden announced that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. The news sparked a larger conversation about what exactly the best practices are...
17 Jun 202518min
