Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She is a two-time winner of the D.C. Science Writers’ Association Newsbrief award and a winner of the
Senior physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She is a two-time winner of the D.C. Science Writers’ Association Newsbrief award and a winner of the
A primitive Neandertal glue used to make tools may also have been a go-to antibiotic for the hominids. A new study of the sticky substance, published March 18 in PLOS One, raises the
When NASA’s new moon rocket lifts off as soon as April 1, its immense core stage will mix 537,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen with 196,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and ignite the propellant
As the Trump administration phases out the use of animal experimentation across the federal government, a biotech startup has a bold idea for an alternative to animal testing: nonsentient “organ sacks.” Bay Area-based
If giant rainforest mantises went to kindergarten, little girl mantises wouldn’t look any bigger and stronger than the little boy mantises. Not until the end of mantis high school would lady mantises become
A newly formulated nail polish could one day let people activate touchscreens with their fingernails. When pressed to a screen, the polish disrupts the screen’s electric field, which the device registers as touch.
Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor at NPR and US News & World Report, and a contributor to National Geographic and Scientific American.
Molly O’Shea has been practicing pediatrics for 33 years. “I’ve seen it all,” she says. Her career spans the introduction of numerous vaccines, a decline in infectious diseases — and a troubling rise
Editor’s Note: Spoilers ahead for Project Hail Mary. Two science journalists walked into a movie theater. That’s us: molecular biology reporter Tina Hesman Saey and Carolyn Gramling, who writes about climate and earth
