A quirky guide to myths and lore based in actual science
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DUNE experiment prepares for supernova watch
In addition to revealing characteristics of mysterious particles called neutrinos, the massive DUNE experiment could help astronomers find a supernova right as
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Curiouser and curiouser: a riddle at the ALICE detector
In 2023, the ALICE experiment was ready for their best year yet, until a mysterious signal threatened everything. As the LHC wraps up its 2025 lead-ion run, phy
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Dark Matter: A Worldwide Search
Something is out there. As far as scientists know, just 15% of the matter in the universe is the ordinary kind we can see. The other 85%, called dark matter, re
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LHC scientists find relics of early universe living on in particle spins
Scientists on the ATLAS experiment explored the polarization of W bosons to test the Higgs mechanism and gain a deeper understanding of the first moments after
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A quantum leap for antimatter measurements
The demonstration of the first antimatter quantum bit paves the way for substantially improved tests of nature’s fundamental symmetries.
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Photons light the way
Photons, for centuries both a puzzle and a tool, continue to help scientists illuminate nature at the smallest and largest scales.
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‘Impossible’ Higgs boson measurement within reach, thanks to a detour
A team of young scientists paused their new physics searches to develop an innovative machine-learning tool, which is now helping them narrow in on a rare and m
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Remote eyes on the sky: Inside SLAC’s Rubin control room
With survey operations set to begin this fall, the Rubin control room at SLAC will serve as a key hub for training and remote observing support for the NSF–DO
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Cornerstones of Marine Protection Might Actually be “Blue Spots”
A marine protection method described this week proposes spreading marine protection from areas where wildlife tourism already discourages activities that damage
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Seagrass Study Points to Promising Pathway for Ocean Restoration
A new study led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies reveals the potential of a new hybrid seag
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Robert Knox: 1943-2025
Robert Knox, a former associate director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and a visionary who helped steer the course of seagoing science
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Atmospheric River Research Flights Go Global
Inside the cockpit of a NOAA Gulfstream IV during an atmospheric river mission in February 2025. Image credit: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego.Atmospheric rivers may b
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The Guardian view on antibiotics: recent breakthroughs are great news, but humanity is losing the bigger race | Editorial
Our magic bullets are increasingly rare and ineffective. The golden age of discovery is over and the way we develop and use drugs needs to changeDuring her tenu
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Nosy researcher’s quest to map the world’s ‘smellscapes’
We can share images and sounds, so why not smells? Dr Kate McLean-MacKenzie hopes her new atlas will make scentsChristmas may be associated with the aromas of o
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Can you solve it? The forgotten Dutch invention that created the modern world
You saw it here firstUPDATE: Read the solution hereThere are many contenders for “world’s greatest invention.” The wheel. The printing press. The steam en
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The man taking over the Large Hadron Collider – only to switch it off
Next head of Cern backs massive replacement for world’s largest machine to investigate mysteries of the universeMark Thomson, a professor of experimental part
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Astronauts successfully return to Earth after ISS command change – video
Three crew members left the International Space Station and landed back on Earth after 245 days in space.The cosmonaut and station commander, Sergey Ryzhikov, h
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More than 300 earthquakes recorded in UK this year, study finds
Western Highlands and southern Wales among most active regions, according to British Geological SurveyMore than 300 earthquakes have been recorded in the UK thi
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Revisited: why do we age in dramatic bursts, and what can we do about it? – podcast
Scientists are beginning to understand that ageing is not simply a linear process and we age, according to recent research, in three accelerated bursts: at abou
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