Quantum physics gets attention—and brighter funding prospects—in Congress Many members of Congress admit they find quantum physics mind-boggling, with its counterintuitive account of the subatomic world.

NEWS: Missile-Tracking Satellites Are Part of the Plan to Foil Russia's Hypersonic Weapons The Pentagon is looking at the possibility of deploying sensors in space to fill blind spots in the nation's

When photographer Mandy Barker returned to the English beach where she collected shells as a child, she found a baby’s car seat and a refrigerator among piles of plastic waste. She also noticed an air

Looking up at a clear night sky, you see stars in every direction. It almost feels as if you're at the center of the cosmos. But are you? And if not, where is the center of the universe? The universe,

Every day you can hear crazy science claims, like "dark chocolate will help ward off pancreatic cancer" some claims can be funny but bad reporting is a problem. How can we make solid decisions

“It is striking that the computer model, coming from a totally different perspective, ended up with the grid pattern we know from biology” said Mozerd 2014 Nobel Prized Winner. Scientists have used artificial

A supernova is a transient astronomical event that occurs during the last stellar evolutionary stages of a massive star's life, whose destruction is marked by one final titanic explosion. This causes the

Are there earthquakes on Mars? Or rather, "marsquakes?" And what could they teach us about the Red Planet? Find out more in this 60-second video and by visiting mars.nasa.gov/insight . Starting

That you exist in the universe is pretty obvious, at least to yourself. But now researchers have used the fact that human observers are alive—and haven’t been zapped into oblivion by supernova explosions—to

Calcium currents characterize the developing pollen tube in the small mustard plant Arabidopsis and correlate with growth at the tip of the pollen tube. This system constitutes a practical model for screening

Getting old can be a real itch. In addition to having memory and muscle loss, many elderly people develop supersensitive skin that gets itchy at the lightest touch. Scientists don’t know what causes this

Because of cognitive dissonance. In psychology, cognitive dissonance is the psychological stress experienced by a person who has two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values. In this state, specific

We have video from space of the rotating spherical Earth, the Earth is round. Thanks for reading. I was joking 😆. Til Galileo, in the 1600's, the idea that if you wanna say something and you think what

Hoary bats are habitual squawkers. Sporting frosted brown fur á la Guy Fieri, the water balloon–size bats bark high-pitched yips to navigate the dark night sky by echolocation. But a new study reveals

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. Falcon 9 is the first orbital class

The word "meditation" might bring to mind Yoga, and Chimes, and juice cleanses, but it isn't just some new age trend. Meditation has been part of different cultural and religious practices around

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is the second largest moon in our solar system—Jupiter's Ganymede is only 2 percent larger. Titan is bigger than Earth's Moon, and even larger than the planet Mercury. Titan

At 500 kilometers in diameter, Enceladus is only the sixth largest of Saturn’s 62 moons. It has been confirmed that it contains a huge subsurface ocean, making it one of the solar system’s most promising

Tardigrades, often called water bears or moss piglets, are near-microscopic animals with long, plump bodies and scrunched-up heads. They have eight legs and hands with four to eight claws on each. While