How a Physicist Who Helped Find the Higgs Boson Got Into Horse Apps
After physicists finally confirmed the existence of the long-sought Higgs boson, many researchers found themselves out of a job. Where…
A Reboot of the Legendary Physics Site ArXiv Could Shape Open Science
The open source physics site arXiv is turning 25, and it’s going to get a makeover. But what does that…
Ace Rocketeers Swear They’ll Put Inflatable Space Stations in Orbit, and Soon
Bigelow Aerospace’s inflatable space habitats find a company with the Atlas rockets The post Ace Rocketeers Swear They’ll Put Inflatable…
My Flight With the Wannabe Space Pilots of the Mojave
Into the air with the aerospace engineers making themselves into the test pilots that the future needs. The post My…
NASA Is Finally Sending a Hotel Magnate’s Inflatable Habitat to the ISS
On April 8, SpaceX will launch an inhabitable bouncy castle to the International Space Station. It’s only taken 20 years.…
He Drew the Sun for 40 Years, But Now His Telescope Is Dying
A lone researcher at Mount Wilson Observatory has drawn a picture of the sun every day for 40 years. The…
Tantalizing Data From the LHC Has Physicists Psyched
Hints of a new subatomic particle might be nothing. Or they might be something! Either way, physicists are writing lots…
Scientists Spot the Gravity Waves that Flex the Universe
Direct evidence at last for gravitational waves, ripples in spacetime that Einstein predicted 100 years ago, comes from a years-long…
Astrophysicists May Have Found Gravitational Waves. Or Not
Rumors of a new discovery (but no data to back it up) made their own waves in social media. The…