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Joshua Shavit

Science & Technology Writer and Editor

Joshua Shavit

Writer and Editor

Joshua Shavit is a NorCal-based science and technology writer with a passion for exploring the breakthroughs shaping the future. As a co-founder of The Brighter Side of News, he focuses on positive and transformative advancements in technology, physics, engineering, robotics, and astronomy. Joshua’s work highlights the innovators behind the ideas, bringing readers closer to the people driving progress.

Recent Stories from Joshua Shavit

This artist’s impression shows the observed exoplanet, which goes by the name HR8799e.
JWST solves a longstanding mystery of giant planet formation
Radar data reveal what may be a giant lava tube beneath Venus, offering rare insight into the planet’s hidden volcanic past.
Scientists find evidence of a massive lava tube hiding on Venus
PhD candidate Linda Losurdo
Student made cosmic dust in the lab revealing life’s early chemical origins
JWST spots benzene, methane and more in a dust-buried galaxy core, hinting cosmic rays drive rich organic chemistry.
JWST finds a surprise flood of organic molecules in a hidden galaxy
Hugo Dil discussing photoemission with a colleague at EPFL.
Physicists measured time without a clock at the quantum scale
Precise pulsar timing reveals possible evidence of a dark matter clump lurking near our solar neighborhood.
Astronomers find clearest evidence yet of a dark matter subhalo near the Sun
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured the most powerful volcanic eruption ever seen on Jupiter’s moon Io.
NASA spots colossal eruptions shaking Io — Jupiter’s most volcanic moon
Simulations suggest dark matter near the Milky Way forms a vast sheet with voids above and below, explaining galaxy motions.
Giant dark matter ‘sheet’ may shape galactic motion in the Milky Way
Ancient Neandertal DNA weakened a muscle enzyme still affecting athletic performance and health in people today.
Neanderthal enzyme appears to play a significant role in athletic performance
NYU physicists discover a simple time crystal using levitated foam beads and sound waves, revealing motion that breaks classic physics rules.
NYU physicists create visible time crystals levitated by sound
Artist's concept of a black hole drawing material and emitting jets.
Black hole ‘Jetty McJetface’ keeps brightening years after it shredded a star
A University of Copenhagen team used stellar models and Gaia data to map neutrinos from Milky Way stars and predict the flow to Earth.
Milky Way neutrino map predicts how many ghost particles will reach Earth
From left, Iwona Driskell, scholarly assistant professor, Michela Ciccarelli, assistant professor, Sean Thompson, PhD graduate student, and Ryan Driskell, associate professor, pose for a photo while holding piglets at a farm near Garfield, Wash.
Pigs and grizzly bears may be the key to youthful human skin
A 220 PeV neutrino may have come from an exploding primordial black hole with a hidden “dark charge,” researchers report.
Record-breaking neutrino points to exploding primordial black hole
New research shows salty ice on Jupiter’s moon Europa may sink, carrying nutrients to its hidden ocean and boosting life prospects.
Salty ice may hold the key to life on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Researchers analyzing 4.3 billion dipeptides say tiny protein pairs hold clues to how the genetic code formed and expanded over time.
Tiny protein pair discovery could reveal how the genetic code first began
Astronomers detect the largest sulfur-bearing molecule in space, revealing early chemistry linked to life’s origins.
Largest sulfur-bearing molecule ever found in space links interstellar chemistry to life
A 60-meter asteroid may hit the Moon in 2032; models predict a bright flash, moonquake, and possible meteor surge.
Lunar asteroid strike in 2032 could trigger moonquakes and meteor storms on Earth
New research shows bright streaks on Mercury are linked to active volatile loss, revealing the planet is still changing.
Mercury Is Not Dead: Bright Streaks Reveal Ongoing Activity
Chinese scientists built the first quantum sensor network to hunt axion dark matter, setting record laboratory limits.
Scientists build the world’s first large-scale quantum sensor network to search for dark matter