Has Stomping on Spotted Lanternflies Slowed Their Invasion?
Invasive spotted lanternflies are spreading across the metro areas of New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., despite professional and amateur attempts to reduce their numbers
Quantum ‘Ghost Imaging’ Reveals the Dark Side of Plants
Entanglement lets researchers watch plants in action without disruptive visible light
Black Men Should Start Prostate Cancer Screening Earlier
According to the American Cancer Society, Black men are about 70 percent more likely than white men to develop prostate cancer in their lifetime and twice as likely to die from the disease.
Mystery of Deep-Ocean ‘Biotwang’ Sound Has Finally Been Solved
A strange sound dubbed “biotwang” was first heard bouncing around the Mariana Trench 10 years ago, and scientists have finally figured out where it comes from
Why Have Record-Breaking Rains Drenched the Carolinas and Europe?
On opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Central Europe and North Carolina have both been drenched by torrential rains
The Next President Should End the ‘Senate’ Launch System Rocket
Rather than building an obsolescent, obscenely-over-budget jumbo rocket, NASA should turn to building truly innovative space technologies and plan a realistic lunar landing program
Hidden Patterns Show Nobel Prize Science Trends
Time lags between discoveries and awards show how the Nobel Prizes reward science
Math Puzzle: Find the Imposter Number
Can you find the number that doesn't belong?
Book Review: A Return to the Creepy Tensions of ‘Area X’
In Absolution, Jeff VanderMeer explores the mysteries in his Southern Reach Trilogy
Poem: ‘D.N.A.’
Science in meter and verse
What Is Sickle Cell Disease?
You have around 35 trillion red blood cells moving around your body at all times. Typically they are rounded and flexible. What happens when they aren’t?
Book Review: Cryptography Is as Much an Art as a Science
A delightful course on keeping (and cracking) secrets