Category: 7. Science

URBANA, Ill. — Chirality, a property where structures have a distinct left- or right- “handedness,” allows natural semiconductors to move charge and convert energy with high efficiency by controlling electron…

Epic new video from this week’s Starship launch show’s the giant spacecraft’s final moments just before it splashed down in the Indian ocean.

Starship lifted off on its eleventh test flight Monday, Oct. 13, from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in…

Every known form of life on Earth depends on liquid water, and NASA’s guiding principle for discovering life beyond our planet is that if there’s water, there must be life.

Well, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has just turned…

By Stefanie Koperniak

Computational neuroscientist and singer/songwriter Kimaya (Kimy) Lecamwasam, who also plays electric bass and guitar, says music has been a core part of her life for as long as she can remember. She grew up in a…

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes.

But our new study, published today in Science Advances, reveals something far more surprising: our ancestors were exposed…

Late October presents a perfect opportunity to spot the ancient light of the Andromeda galaxy as it climbs high overhead to brighten the autumn night sky.

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the Milky Way‘s closest galactic neighbor, sits approximately…