An artist’s illustration of two black holes merging and creating ripples in spacetime known as gravitational waves. Gravitational waves slosh throughout the universe as ripples in space-time produced by some of the most cataclysmic events possible. With facilities like the…
Our universe is governed by four fundamental forces. At least that’s what physicists have long thought. Now, however, new research suggests that the
An artist’s rendering shows the ClearSpace-1 satellite using its robotic arms to capture the conical piece of space debris called Vespa. The largest garbage dump on Earth might be in space. In low Earth orbit — the space around our…
A man in China ended up with tapeworm larvae in his brain after eating a hot pot meal that was likely undercooked, according to news reports. The 46-year-old man, who lives in the eastern province of Zhejiang, went to the…
Certain forms of leukemia tend to strike early in life and affect far more children than adults. Leukemia, which disrupts normal cell growth in the blood and bone marrow, accounts for nearly one-third of all childhood cancer cases, according…
An MRI image from a patient with mild traumatic brain that highlights the nerve fibers of the corpus callosum, an area that helps the two halves of the brain “talk” to each other. These fibers may be damaged after a…