Articles by

Emily Conover

Fiber friction is the key to cozy knits

A good sweater is like a cozy hug made out of yarn. For that, you can...

Scientists are building underwater neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean

Deploying a telescope in space is one thing. Making two of them deep under the sea is...

Scotch tape is key to creating thin films of diamond 

Scotch tape is great for wrapping presents — and for science, too.  With some Scotch tape...

Notre Dame is reopening. What does that mean for its acoustics? 

Notre Dame is back. And so are its acoustics. The Paris cathedral, which burned dramatically in a...

A new biography of Benjamin Franklin puts science at the forefront

IngeniousRichard MunsonW.W. Norton & Co., $29.99 Let’s talk about the kite and the lightning storm....

Einstein’s gravity endures despite a dark energy puzzle 

Scientists could be wrong about dark energy. But they’re right about gravity, a new study suggests. Dark...

Accelerated muons bring next-gen particle colliders closer to reality

Muons are getting a move on.  In a step toward new types of particle physics experiments, scientists...

A star winked out of sight. Could it be a ‘failed supernova’? 

Some massive stars may go out with a fizzle, not a bang. A star that winked out...