Our Galaxy Is Bigger
The Milky Way isn’t what we thought it was.
At least, the spiral arms aren't.
They stretch further out than the old maps allowed.
Wider, too.
This isn't...
Nothing to see tonight: June 15, 25, and the void in the sky
It is black. Well, space-black, not "dark room with TV off" black. The Moon is gone. At least to our eyes.
Today, June 15, is...
The First Thought: When Reality Hits the Womb
We arrive wired. Roughly nine months of chaos turns a single neural tube—tiny, barely three millimeters—into 100 billion neurons. Those cells build the entire...
Webb’s Infrared Eye on Centaurus A
Four years in. The James Webb Space Telescope hasn't just taken photos. It’s been reading tea leaves. Or rather, peering through the cosmic dust...
Webb Just Mapped The Entire Sky
Astronomers built the largest map of the universe ever made.
It isn’t a pretty picture. It’s a skeleton.
Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, we...
Biology textbooks got kidney water regulation wrong
The vasopressin monopoly
We used to believe the story was simple.
One hormone, vasopressin. That’s the boss. It tells the kidneys to hold onto water, stop...
Plants sweat? Yeah. Corn sweats.
Forget the soil for a second. The field is pumping out moisture. A lot of it. This is called evapotranspiration — basically, plants letting...
Soda Cured The Mystery Mass Caused By Ozempic
The Case
A 63-year-old Massachusetts woman walked into the emergency room feeling awful. Nausea. Vomiting. No appetite.
She also had burning pain. High up in the...
Fireworks Leave More Than Noise
New studies show fireworks pollute the air and water way after the last boom.
We love the flash. We love the noise. But new research...
Onions, Librarians, And Angry Grads
Know your onions
Let’s get one thing straight. Feedback would fail at being a pro chef.
Not just because we hate high pressure or fear Gordon...
