Before NASA astronaut Sally Ride’s historic launch aboard the space shuttle in 1983 as the first American woman in space, she was asked a question: Would 100 tampons be the right number for her week-long mission?
“No,” she said. “That…
Quantum physics sounds like a scary concept for many people, even if you’re an avid lover of science.
It’s one of those topics many of us wish we knew more about, but which seems impenetrably difficult to understand.
Entanglement, superposition,…
Almost 10 years to the day since it successfully landed its first rocket stage, SpaceX today (Dec. 14) recovered its 550th Falcon 9 booster.
The touchdown came after the rocket’s first stage had lofted 27 Starlink satellites into space, lifting…
As we get closer to the New Moon, there’ll be less to see on the surface of the moon each night. For now, however, there’s still enough lit up that we can spot a few features. Keep…
A research team from the Faculty of Physics and the Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies at the Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw has introduced a new way to measure hard-to-detect terahertz signals using a “quantum antenna.” In…
A research team from the Faculty of Physics and the Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies at the Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw has introduced a new way to measure hard-to-detect terahertz signals using a “quantum antenna.” In…
Emily Goligoski is an audience expert. She has spent years researching how to understand the people who consume the news online and how to improve their user experience. She has worked with or contributed to outlets such as The New York Times,…
Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a new window insulation material that could significantly improve how buildings manage heat around the world. Their creation functions somewhat like a high-tech form of Bubble Wrap,…
