Emory physicist takes science out of the lab and onto the playground

Almost every month, Emory University physicist Justin Burton and his graduate students step out of the lab and bring loud, ...

Innovative Mars rovers 'swim' through the sand

Some animals can move efficiently beneath granular surfaces. These include the sandfish (Scincus scincus), a lizard native to ...

My unsung hero of science: Carolyn Wood Sherif, pioneer of feminist psychology who foresaw the risks of scientific bias

In the US state park of Robbers Cave, Oklahoma, Carolyn Wood Sherif is standing squinting up at the sun. The two wooden ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Does the Experience of Beauty Show Up in the Brain? With Electrodes and a Museum Collection of Artifacts, These Neuroscientists Aim to Find Out

Researchers are tracing the brain and body’s response to aesthetic expression in search of a scientific value to art ...
The Scientist

Then and Now: Sandeep Eswarappa’s Tardigrade Research Blasts Off into Space

Sandeep Eswarappa reflects on how his team’s UV-resistant-tardigrade discovery evolved into space experiments exploring ...

Scientists Create “Living” Materials That Crawl, Walk, and Dig on Their Own

Physicists studying active matter — materials that can use their own internal energy to respond to forces — have uncovered ...
Healthline

The Science of Habit: How to Rewire Your Brain

Forming a habit is not as challenging as it may seem. Science-based methods can help you form better habits by using this 5-step process. Creating habits and maintaining them in our lives isn’t always ...
The Southern Maryland Chronicle on MSN

New hands-on STEAM space launches in Charles County

Waldorf families now have a new destination for creative play and learning with the grand opening of Pure Play Every Day’s ...
Scientific American

Science Quickly

What NASA’s Curiosity Rover found on Mars, how youth suicides dropped after the launch of the 988 crisis line, and what people think of AI voice clones ...