This Is What It’s Like to See Auroras on Other Planets
Witnessing an aurora first-hand is a truly awe-inspiring experience. The natural beauty of the northern or southern lights captures the public imagination unlike any other aspect of space weather. But auroras aren’t unique to Earth and can be seen on several other planets in our solar system. An aurora is the impressive end result of…
A New Way of Thinking About Spacetime That Turns Everything Inside Out
One of the weirdest aspects of quantum mechanics is entanglement, because two entangled particles affecting each other across vast distances seems to violate a fundamental principle of physics called locality: things that happen at a particular point in space can only influence the points closest to it. But what if locality — and space itself…
The Battle to Finally Understand Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
How can you do medical research on chronic fatigue syndrome when divisions between patients, doctors and researchers are almost as chronic and painful as the disease itself? Virginia Gewin reports on new hopes of reconciliation. In the summer of 1989, Leonard Jason fell ill with the worst sore throat of his life. He couldn’t shake…