Will the U.S. megadrought ever end?
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Will the U.S. megadrought ever end?

Kearny, Ariz., is a town on the brink. Located at the foot of the Dripping Spring Mountains in eastern Arizona, this small community of 2,000 people sources its…

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Surviving the summer
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Surviving the summer

We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help…

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8 common food additives linked to high blood pressure and heart disease
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8 common food additives linked to high blood pressure and heart disease

The study was led by Dr. Mathilde Touvier, a research director at INSERM (the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research), and Anaïs Hasenböhler, PhD student, both…

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A deadly ebola relative is surging after years in the shadows
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A deadly ebola relative is surging after years in the shadows

In a review article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Boston University professor Nancy Sullivan argues that outbreak preparedness needs to extend beyond the infectious diseases…

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Scientists opened a sealed envelope after 10 years. Gravity still didn’t make sense
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Scientists opened a sealed envelope after 10 years. Gravity still didn’t make sense

He was not entirely sure he wanted to open it. Schlamminger, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), had spent much of the previous…

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Caltech’s tiny new chip can steer light in 74 quadrillionths of a second
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Caltech’s tiny new chip can steer light in 74 quadrillionths of a second

Caltech researchers have now developed a device that uses one beam of light to redirect another in just 74 femtoseconds (74 quadrillionths of a second). That is roughly…

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Scientists just named a new snake after Guns N’ Roses legend Slash
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Scientists just named a new snake after Guns N’ Roses legend Slash

Now that passion has earned him an unusual scientific honor. Researchers have named a newly identified snake species from New Guinea Lielaphis slashi, or Slash’s groundsnake. “As a…

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Scientists are about to test Einstein’s gravity with exotic matter
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Scientists are about to test Einstein’s gravity with exotic matter

“We have taken an important step towards carrying out an exciting experiment on this topic,” says the professor of physics: “We want to measure the gravitational interaction of…

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Big space mirrors could bring Earth on-demand light — and upend our night sky
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Big space mirrors could bring Earth on-demand light — and upend our night sky

Since 1989, astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell has tracked every human-made object in space. McDowell’s meticulously maintained catalog, updated every few weeks, is more comprehensive and detailed than that of…

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Math puzzle: Shape-birding
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Math puzzle: Shape-birding

In a parallel universe, bird watchers who are tired of sunburns and bug bites have taken up a tamer, more indoor interest: polygons. The ex-birders go from figure…

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