Cosmic Voids May Contain the Universe’s Best Secrets

Once dismissed as empty expanses between galaxies, cosmic voids are becoming one of the most promising tools for probing the universe’s biggest mysteries. [...]

Earth Day Challenge: Test Your Recycling IQ

How good is your recycling knowledge? Participate in Earth Day and make our world greener by identifying which items are actually recyclable. [...]

2025 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for macroscale quantum tunneling

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John Martinis built an electrical circuit-based oscillator on a microchip. [...]

No One Is Quite Sure Why Ice Is Slippery

A thin, watery layer coating the surface of ice is what makes it slick. Despite a great deal of theorizing over the centuries, though, it isn't entirely clear why that layer forms. [...]

Ghost forests are growing as sea levels rise

As trees choked by saltwater die along low-lying coasts, marshes may move in. [...]

No sterile neutrinos after all, say MicroBooNE physicists

There's a less than 5 percent chance that earlier anomalies can be explained by fourth neutrino "flavor." [...]

How Morocco Became the Meteorite Hunting Capital of the World

Since the “Saharan Gold Rush” in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country’s contributions to science to be recognized. [...]

DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit

In a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI's polluting gas turbines, the Justice Department claimed the company is integral to military operations—including the Iran War. [...]

The 2026 El Niño Is Being ‘Supersized’ as Impacts Worsen

The World Meteorological Organization is warning that the climate phenomenon that has the Pacific running a fever will last until at least February, with dire consequences for weather worldwide. [...]