Science

The International Space Station in orbit. NASA Three space explorers orbiting the Earth at the International Space Station have a mystery at hand thanks to a small but persistent air leak. NASA is currently in key mode to find the source. While an air leak in space sounds worrying, NASA …

To create the new material, the thin film is first deposited via a pulsed laser deposition process in this chamber. The bright “plume” you see is the laser that strikes the target and sets the material down. Credit: Martin / UC Berkeley By introducing defects to a common material, researchers …

There is a flood of burning nuclear wind flowing from the center of our galaxy, and astronomers have discovered two small islands of unborn baby stars caught in the riptide. These two hunks of cosmic driftwood are actually cold-cold clouds of hydrogen gas, each as frigid as Pluto (about minus …

A beautiful, sudden onset of wildfires burning through California threatens to create cities and send stinging smoke across major cities and across much of the United States. It creates an epic composite disaster whose ingredients have been brewing for years. Firefighters have grouped some of the smaller fires in an …

The coronavirus pandemic has largely taken a break from live performances, but new research suggests there may be a way for singers to showcase their talents safely: Keep the volume down. Preliminary data from a new study suggest that when singing and speaking at the quietest volume (about 50-60 decibels), …