Articles of interest from across the scientific community.
Waves detected: Waves made. Four theoretical physicists have been awarded the Dirac Medal and Prize for their work that underpinned LIGO …
A wnk for the nod? The wnk gene, formerly associated with hypertension and kidney function, is now believed to aid neuron development …
In Utah, man-made climate change is reversing the dire effects of a man-made dam, revealing the long submerged cliffs of Glen Canyon …
How much energy does your brain expend in computing this note? Far less than the Rambler’s brain expends in communicating it …
Water to wine, ammonia to hydrogen? A new technique harnesses optimal process environments to convert liquid ammonia with little energy …
You can look now! What are the odds of the asteroid Bennu hitting Earth? Slim, according to a probe sent to scope it out …
A 3,700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet sat on a museum shelf for a century, its meaning obscured from observers, until a mathematician snuck a look …
The car’s on fire and there’s no driver at the wheel: Scientists around the world have come together in a push to gain control of the climate crisis …
Better news … Researchers might have identified the SARS-CoV-2 virus's Kryptonite: Mammalian lectins …
Good news ... Nanobodies, normally found in llamas and sharks, might be our best shot yet at neutralizing COVID-19 …
A group of Neanderthals splattered red ocher pigment onto a stalagmite tower in a ritual that went on for several thousand years. Is it art? …
Cosmic rays flip qubits quick. Meddlesome background radiation can provoke quasiparticle poisoning in quantum computers …
In chemistry, more than 100 descriptors are used to quantify aromaticity, yet aromaticity cannot be measured in the lab. Can this concept be fully defined? …
Paleontologists have found the fossils of what they believe to be the oldest known animal on earth: a sponge (not the one under your kitchen sink) …
Though no light can come out of it, a black hole’s contortion of space, light, and magnetic fields can allow light from behind it to become observable …
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