Giant Jell-O measures crowd volume in wobbles
Sports arenas across the United States could soon have a new, jiggly way to measure the excitement of a game. Jell-O, the company most known for its physics-defying gelatin dessert,…
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Drought Parches Florida
Shallow groundwater aquifers are driest in northern and central Florida in this map based on observations acquired on March 30, 2026, by the GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On)…
NASA’s Artemis II Crew Eclipses Record for Farthest Human Spaceflight
On Monday, April 6, 2026, six days into the Artemis II mission, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen surpassed…
Mathematicians figured out the perfect espresso
People love a good cup of coffee, but how do you get a perfect brew? Barring philosophical deep dives into the nature of perfection, an international team of mathematicians and…
NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Mission Overview
NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24, will deliver approximately 11,000 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station. This mission will be…
Rome unleashed an ancient ‘machine gun’ on Pompeii
(Left), the axonometric hand drawing of the polybolos, by A.R., was partially colored by V.C. using the graphic post-production software GIMP 3.0.4.; (right), the 3D model by C. Formicola based…
Night Sky Network Celebrates Artemis II
1 min read Night Sky Network Celebrates Artemis II Today, the crew of Artemis II reaches a milestone, traveling farther than any humans in recorded history, as they orbit the…
Beware, bees! This wildflower will trap you in a floral escape room.
What’s fragrant, floral, and perfectly devious? If you’re confused, imagine what it must be like for the bees ensnared in the colorful clutches of a pink lady’s slipper (Cypripedium acaule).…
7 captivating photos of train travel’s first century
In 1804, a British man named Richard Trevithick invented the first steam-powered locomotive. But it was Americans who truly ran with Trevithick’s invention in the decades that followed. In 1830,…
What did Pompeii smell like before it burned?
In 79 CE, one of the most infamous tragedies of antiquity rocked the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii beneath ash and pumice, preserving the ancient…