The tangled physics of knots, one of our simplest and oldest technologies

Which knot is the strongest?

Margaux Lopez, Vera C. Rubin Observatory

August 1, 2021

Rocks on Venus's surface are on the move

Briley Lewis, University of California, Los Angeles

July 31, 2021

Honeybees experience withdrawal symptoms when deprived of alcohol

Sam Zlotnik, University of Florida

July 30, 2021

The butyrate produced by your gut bugs is good for your health

Elise Cutts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

July 30, 2021

Modified tree resins prevent zebrafish from having seizures

Soren Emerson, Vanderbilt University

July 29, 2021

Two bacteria team up to poison their slime mold predator

Josseline Ramos-Figueroa, University of Saskatchewan

July 28, 2021

Bats are born knowing the speed of sound

Kristina Muise, University of Winnipeg

July 28, 2021

From salmon to snow melt, the predictions for Oregon's climate-changed future are dire

Kristen Vogt Veggeberg, University of Illinois at Chicago

July 27, 2021

There's something in the water, and it's killing America's national bird

Irene Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

July 26, 2021

Scientists may have sequenced the missing eight percent of our genome

Most of the human genome was sequenced in 2001, but these newly sequenced pieces were missing from the picture

Mihaela Bozukova, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing

July 26, 2021

Doctors can use a person's descriptions of a picnic scene to measure their language skills after a stroke

Alberto Osa García, University of Montreal

July 24, 2021

Two compounds in your morning coffee could help fight renal cancer

Shawna Stanwood, Microbiology

July 23, 2021

Inside the complicated, messy world of pet cloning

Cosmo Bjorkenheim

July 22, 2021

Diagnosing cystic fibrosis could soon take just a sticker and a smartphone

Adrian Haasler, University of British Columbia

July 22, 2021

Slime mold and cancer cells "sniff" their way through mazes by breaking down chemical molecules

Xinwen Zhu, Boston University

July 20, 2021

Titanium studded with silver and copper makes harvesting energy from the Sun more efficient

Ajay Peter Manuel, University of Alberta

July 18, 2021

From Sputnik to virtual reality, the history of scicomm

Reyhaneh Maktoufi

July 16, 2021

There's a scientific reason why humans love drumming

Kristen Vogt Veggeberg, University of Illinois at Chicago

July 16, 2021

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The Origins of Life...Again
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What would an RNA molecule today have to say about the origins of life? We live in a world where cellular life is dominated by DNA, but this wasn’t always the case.
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The Human Pangenome
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When the human genome was announced as completed, it wasn’t. The “finished” genome was filled with gaps, and was not representative of humanity’s genetic diversity. Now, the job is being finished and the end is in sight.
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The Eclipse that made Einstein Famous
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Sir Arthur Eddington's observations of an eclipse in 1919 catapulted Einstein to fame
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This mysterious substance is accelerating the expansion of our Universe
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Naked mole rats and ant colonies have more in common than you think
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They both demonstrate something called 'swarm intelligence'

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