Caltech Just Took a Stand Against Sexual Harassment
In an investigation published today, Science reveals that a Caltech professor received a one-year suspension for…
Icelandic Volcano Earns Name a Year After it Finishes Erupting
The informally-named Holuhraun volcano in Iceland now formally bears the same name, making fans of naming it after…
Prominent Exoplanet Researcher Found Guilty of Sexual Harassment
Once again, a prominent researcher is revealed to be complicit in creating a culture of oppressive harassment that…
Do You Want New Horizons to Keep Exploring? Write to Congress!
The New Horizons space probe is sending back incredible data from the Pluto-Charon system, even shaking the foundations…
Bear Maulings and Helicopter Crashes: True Tales of Field Science
Every geoscientist in North America has a favourite story of helicopters, bears, or both, but these epic field stories…
These Photos Of Scientists With Their Machines Are Pure Excellence
Scientists love their toys. Monster machines, delicate precision devices, even those finicky electronic brats that…
This Thesis Defense Was Livestreamed From In The Pacific Ocean
Today, Mike Irvine defended his thesis in a pinstripe suit and scuba gear underwater from a dive site in the Pacific…
These Women Have Done Incredible Things For Science In Canada
On December 6th, 1989, women were targeted, shot, and killed for being engineering students. Today is a day to honour…
It Takes A Makeup Company To Tell Us Science Needs Women
Should I be disturbed that the most compelling, diverse, women in science outreach video I've seen was produced by a…
The Lick Observatory Lives On With A Fresh Infusion Of Funding
Earlier this year, the world's oldest mountaintop observatory was teetering on dying off. Not due to technology…
How Could Scientists Mistake Dust For A Spectacular Discovery?
An infographic at Quanta Magazine explains how scientists could've mistaken cosmic dust for gravitational waves as part…
An Alphabet Soup of Absurd Astronomy Acronyms
Astronomy loves acronyms. Some of them are evocative, charming, and memorable. Others are more laboured in their…
On the Ethics of Storm-Chasing
Is chasing storms ethical? After one profit-hungry chaser published the photograph of a dying child, it's time to…
The Origin Story of a Theoretical Physicist
It's old news that science fiction inspires scientists, but it's downright adorable watching Dr. S. James Gates, Jr.…
Palaeontology in the Gobi Desert
Did you have fun as a first-person palaeontologist uncovering dino-eggs in the Gobi Desert? Here's another video…
The Story of What Might Have Been, Palaeontology Edition
Find a palaeontologist. Have him watch a whole lot of science fiction time-travel movies. Guide him into philosophical…
Translating Physicist to Human
Watching Andrei Linde and Renata Kallosh hear that BICEP-2 found gravitational waves is heartwarming. But with a bit of…
Engineer Identifies Spot In Dam Before Utter Catastrophe
Today an engineer in Washington can be proud of doing a very good job. After noticing a crack and bowing in the…