Category science

The world record for thinnest pasta has just been shattered. A team of researchers has made starchy nanofibers from white flour. The teeny-tiny fibers are about 370 nanometers thick, on average. That’s about two-hundredths the thickness of a human hair.…

A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that flooded a South African mining town, killing three people.

Santorini’s earthquakes are intensifying as a rare earthquake swarm continues to rattle the Mediterranean’s Aegean Sea. The earthquakes are probably caused by faults rather than volcanic activity.

Solve the math puzzle from our February 2025 issue, based on the number system of mathematician James Foster.

This new six-part podcast follows the lives of people with severe depression who volunteered for deep brain stimulation.

A study of microplastics and nanoplastics in brains shows an astonishing increase over time.

Nearly 119,000 birds have been culled at a farm in California after a bird flu called H5N9 was detected among the poultry.

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

Lava Bomb (noun, “LAH-vah BAHM”) Lava bombs are one type of debris that explosive volcanic eruptions can launch into the air. When a volcano erupts, it can shoot a mix of ash, crystals, rock and other fragments into the air.…

One of a telescope operator’s main jobs is to keep stray light out of the instrument. Unwelcome light can wash out the cosmic glimmers of distant stars and galaxies. During more than a decade of work on NASA’s James Webb…