This Mathematician's 'Mysterious' New Method Just Solved a 30-Year-Old Problem By Rafi Letzter The proof took 30 years to be solved, but it's so simple and elegant that you can summarize it in a single tweet.
'Talking Lasers' That Beam Messages into Your Head Could Be Here in 5 Years, Pentagon Says By Brandon Specktor A laser beam hits the wall next to you — and suddenly, the wall talks.
In a Lab Accident, Scientists Create the First-Ever Permanently Magnetic Liquid By Yasemin Saplakoglu These liquid droplets can morph into various shapes and be externally manipulated to move around.
'Spooky' Quantum Entanglement Finally Captured in Stunning Photo By Yasemin Saplakoglu Scientists just captured the first-ever photo of a "spooky" quantum physics phenomenon.
Amazon Prime Day: Best Deals for Science Lovers By Mindy Weisberger Here are some of the nerdiest science deals we're watching for Amazon Prime Day, including DIY robots, chemistry sets, molecule jewelry and more.
A Sunken Soviet Sub Is Raising the Radioactivity of the Norwegian Sea 800,000-Fold. But Don't Worry. By Laura Geggel A Cold War Russian nuclear submarine is leaking radioactive material into the Norwegian Sea.
Space Archaeology Is a Thing. And It Involves Lasers and Spy Satellites By Mindy Weisberger High-orbiting satellites offer clues about what lies buried underground.
Here's What It Really Means That Iran Enriched Uranium to 4.5% By Rafi Letzter Iran enriched uranium to 4.5%, breaking the limit of 3.67% set during the 2015 nuclear deal. Here's what that all means for the possibility of an Iranian bomb.
What Are GMOs and GM Foods? By Marc Lallanilla GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, are a contentious topic in science and politics.
Book Excerpt: 'Archaeology From Space' By Mindy Weisberger 'Space archaeology' is transforming how experts study ancient civilizations.
Skywatcher Captures Rare Image of Mysterious X-37B Military Space Plane By Leonard David We still don't know what the X-37B is doing up there, however.
Why Blue Fireworks Are So Rare By Paul E. Smith Here's the chemistry behind those awesome fireworks shows.
NASA Set To Launch a Deep-Space Atomic Clock Tonight By Kasandra Brabaw This technology demonstration mission that could transform the way humans explore space.
Cells Shimmer Like a Thousand Ice Cream Sprinkles in Gorgeous New 'DNA Microscope' Images By Laura Geggel What looks like a cross between a nebula and a 1980s dance party is something even more astonishing: a view of the locations of DNA and RNA inside a living cell.
Forget Moore's Law — Quantum Computers Are Improving According to a Spooky 'Doubly Exponential Rate' By Tia Ghose They're getting really good, really, really fast.
AI Listened to People's Voices. Then It Generated Their Faces. By Mindy Weisberger Successful results matched some of the speakers' physical characteristics.
What Is Cryptography? By Nicoletta Lanese From ancient Greece to the age of quantum computers, cryptography continues to keep our secrets safe.
There Are Still 10 Chernobyl-Style Reactors Operating Across Russia. How Do We Know They're Safe? By Stephanie Pappas The flawed reactor design that led to a catastrophic meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was used in several other places. Some are still operating.
This 'Doomsday Plane' Can Survive a Nuclear Attack By Yasemin Saplakoglu A reporter recently got a tour of the secretive military plane. Here's what she found.
