A volcanic formation known as Pele’s hair is produced when air-filled magma is stretched, according to a new study by a team of scientists and glass artists.
NEW YORK – I should’ve known bringing Andy Weir to a science museum was like bringing a kid to a candy store and asking them to keep their hands in their pockets. The book may be dense with what ...
Think back. What were you doing at just twelve years old? For most, it was homework or navigating friendships. But for Jackson Oswalt, the challenge was far grander. He wasn't just figuring out ...
Denison University professor Erik Klemetti Gonzalez balances volcanology, science writing, and a lifelong love for music.
Scientists have captured stunning new insights into one of the universe’s most powerful phenomena—black hole jets—by using a planet-sized network of radio telescopes. Focusing on Cygnus X-1, one of ...
Michael Christopher Brown Unusually for a major tourist attraction, the phrase “death trap” features prominently in the ...
A decade after audiences marveled at the Matt Damon-led survival story The Martian, a new film is bringing a novel from sci-fi author Andy Weir to the big screen. But we at Popular Mechanics wondered: ...
While the Netherlands was in lockdown because of the coronavirus, Ph.D. candidate Koen Rijpkema began his research into the ...
On the dark volcanic peaks of the Hudson Mountains in West Antarctica, pale pink boulders sit perched against all odds. The local bedrock is black basaltic lava, yet these rounded chunks of pink ...
Environmental carbon coatings determine charge transfer direction between identical insulating materials, enabling control of ...
Thompson and his team studied the Artemis II launch with the same seismic sensors used to record ground motion generated by ...