NOAA scientists have spent decades tracking how magnetic north wanders, but recent modeling shows a pole moving in ways earlier maps did not suggest. Instead of drifting slowly around the Canadian ...

Sykes also cautions against the opposite mistake: overinterpreting a positive result. Subclinical exposure to Leptospira species is common, meaning a positive test—such as a visible red line or blue ...

The Golden Ray left port appearing seaworthy, but a small error in the ship’s stability inputs meant the real margin of safety was far lower than anyone realized. This breaks down the ballast ...

The currents of the oceans, the roiling surface of the sun, and the clouds of smoke billowing off a forest fire—all are ...

Two ways of measuring how fast the universe is expanding disagree, a puzzle known as the Hubble tension. Tiny magnetic fields ...

Half advice show. Half survival guide. Half absurdity-fest. (Wait, how does this work again? We're not numbers people.) Each episode, we answer all your burning questions, from how to survive a public ...

A new software tool, ovrlpy, improves quality control in spatial transcriptomics, a key technology in biomedical research. Developed by the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) in international ...

The merger of Compass and Anywhere Real Estate would create a company valued at about $10 billion, with a network of roughly 340,000 real estate professionals across 120 countries and territories.

A new theoretical framework shows how subtle fluctuations in spacetime could be detected using existing interferometers.

It is essential that strict wavefront error (WFE) budgets be met when designing and manufacturing space telescope optics. These performance thresholds dictate a telescope’s ability to clearly and ...

How Wild hits trails around the country, exploring the meaning of wilderness. A century ago, the U.S. set aside the first official wilderness. You'll hear stories from rangers, scientists, hikers, ...