Articles by

Elise Cutts

Mouse brains hint at why it’s so hard to forget food poisoning

Food poisoning isn’t an experience you’re likely to forget — and now, scientists know why. A study published...

The Universe Is Teeming With Complex Organic Molecules

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Ten years ago, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope could help solve these 5 exoplanet puzzles

Detecting exoplanets used to be so difficult that scientists spotted the first black hole, detected the leftover...

A Popular Alien-Hunting Technique Is Increasingly in Doubt

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In 2020, scientists detected a gas called phosphine...

Physicist Sekazi Mtingwa considers himself an apostle of science

Ask physicist Sekazi Mtingwa how he ended up where he is today, and he’ll start with his...

Biophysicists Uncover Powerful Symmetries in Living Tissue

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Luca Giomi still remembers the time when, as...