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Space launch costs could fall 93% by 2040, making orbital research, manufacturing and tourism far more affordable.
A study of 4,405 rocket launches finds that reaching orbit is becoming cheaper faster than steamship freight once did.
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Researchers at MIT created a new kind of hydrogel, a soft, water-rich material that behaves much like conventional hydrogels but also allows air to move through it.
InnovationsNew hydrogel could transform wearable medical devicesRebecca Shavit
A cross-section of a bristle worm jaw sample with the indentation testing sites labeled 1 to 11.
DiscoveriesBio-metals: Ancient sea worms hold the secret to a strange new class of materialsMac Oliveau
New research shows that muscle proteins evolved in diverse ways across species, challenging long-held assumptions about how animals move.
DiscoveriesScientists discover a hidden molecular secret behind animal evolutionHannah Shavit-Weiner
An artist impression of a red dwarf with a white dwarf binary companion peeking out from behind. The diameters of the two stars are shown to scale
SpaceAstronomers discover four nearby white dwarfs hiding in plain sightJoshua Shavit
For decades, astronomers have predicted that the Milky Way will eventually collide with its nearest large galactic neighbor, Andromeda.
SpaceNew findings revise the Milky Way-Andromeda collision odds into a cosmic coin tossJoseph Shavit
A new study shows stagecoach travel in early England was crowded, uncomfortable, and often caused motion sickness.
DiscoveriesMotion sickness has plagued travelers for hundreds of yearsJoshua Shavit
RMIT researchers used high-frequency sound waves to create crystal coatings on living plant leaves without heat or damage.
Green ImpactScientists use sound waves to create protective crystal coatings on cropsRebecca Shavit
A new study finds tomato-soy juice may lower key inflammation markers, offering promise as a simple diet-based health intervention.
HealthTomato-soy juice study shows promise in reducing inflammationHannah Shavit-Weiner
Composite image from the Galactic Center. Green and yellow: 8 µm and 24 µm emission observed with Spitzer (Churchwell et al. 2009; Carey et al. 2009). Red: 20 cm emission imaged with MeerKAT (Heywood et al. 2019, 2022) and the Green Bank Telescope (GBT; Law et al. 2008).
SpaceSugar found in interstellar space may have seeded life on EarthJoshua Shavit
MIT-led physicists built a model to search for dark matter traces in gravitational waves. One black hole merger event, GW190728, fits the pattern of a collision inside a dense scalar cloud.
SpaceStrange gravitational waves may reveal dark matter near merging black holesJoseph Shavit
Researchers reveal that hair follicle patterns emerge from simple cell interactions, offering new insight into development.
DiscoveriesScientists discover how natural hair patterns form without a blueprintMac Oliveau
A sign-changing dark energy model moves Hubble estimates closer, but rigorous tests show the cosmological tension remains.
SpaceDark energy reversal cannot close the universe’s expansion gap
CPT symmetry states that the laws of physics stay the same when electric charge, spatial coordinates, and the direction of time are all reversed simultaneously.
SpaceMirror universe where time runs backwards could help explain dark matter, antimatter and neutrinosJoseph Shavit
New research finds some small primates face birth canal constraints as severe as, or greater than, those seen in humans.
HealthNew study challenges a long-held assumption about human childbirthMac Oliveau
Metabolic differences may explain why clams survived the Great Dying while brachiopods and sea lilies suffered devastating losses.
DiscoveriesScientists finally confirm the cause of Earth’s greatest mass extinctionJoseph Shavit
Scientists find Earth stayed cooler than expected for millions of years, highlighting risks of modern climate change.
Green ImpactEarth may be hotter today than at any time in the last 540 million yearsJoshua Shavit