Year In Review12/31/20Dec 311Year In Review12/31/20Year In ReviewThe Biggest Science News of 2020Rose Pastore and Brian Kahn8[Yelling into a cavernous chamber as supernovae explode in the dark and a gust of hot wind comes whistling through] S…
Health10/5/20Oct 55Health10/5/20HealthCDC Finally Acknowledges That Covid-19 Can Be AirborneRose Pastore69The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday updated its covid-19 guidance to say that the coronavirus…
Physics9/24/20Sep 243Physics9/24/20Physics‘Extremely Brilliant’ X-Ray Beams Are About to Revolutionize How We See Into MatterRose Pastore12A new way of producing powerful X-ray beams—the brightest on Earth—is now making it possible to create 3D images of…
Jun 1826/18/20You May Not See as Much Color as You Think You DoRose Pastore23If everything in your peripheral vision suddenly changed from color to black and white, would you notice? There’s a…
Climate change3/6/20Mar 62Climate change3/6/20Climate changeNevertheless, She Combusted [Update: She'll Not?]Rose Pastore27Update 6pm ET: This is possibly a hoax—but reportedly not. CBS Los Angeles, which originally reported the supposed…
Sound Mysteries8/9/18Aug 9 20183Sound Mysteries8/9/18 Sound MysteriesThe Only Known Sound in Space Is This 'Singing' Black HoleRose Pastore39Everyone knows there is no sound in space. After all, a sound wave requires a medium, like air or water, to travel…
Sound Mysteries8/4/18Aug 4 20188Sound Mysteries8/4/18 Sound MysteriesWhat Caused Carnegie Hall to Lose Its Famous Acoustics in 1986?Rose Pastore44In May 1986, the venerated Carnegie Hall concert venue in New York City shut down for 30 weeks of major repairs. The…
Sound Mysteries7/26/18Jul 26 201810Sound Mysteries7/26/18 Sound MysteriesHear the Aztec 'Death Whistle' That Mystified ScientistsRose Pastore62In the 1990s, archeologists in Mexico City unearthed a 500-year-old skeleton near an ancient Aztec temple—a victim…
Sound Mysteries7/19/18Jul 19 201815Sound Mysteries7/19/18 Sound MysteriesWhat Caused the Loudest Underwater Sound Ever Recorded?Rose Pastore103In 1997, scientists with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were recording the sounds of…
Sound Mysteries7/12/18Jul 12 201823Sound Mysteries7/12/18 Sound MysteriesWhat's Causing the Mysterious Hums Heard Around the World?Rose Pastore264People in cities around the world—from Taos, New Mexico, to Windsor, Ontario, to Blackburn, England, to Auckland,…
Health7/4/18Jul 4 201831Health7/4/18HealthDon't Use Spray SunscreenRose Pastore424I love sunscreen. I wear it everyday—even in the winter, even when it’s overcast. Applying sunscreen regularly is…