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There is a thing Patricia Lockwood does whenever she spots a priest while walking through an airport. The 43-year-old grew up as one of five children…

September 10, 20255 min readNew Black Hole Measurements Show More Ways Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein Were RightSpacetime ripples from a black hole collision across the…

The Blanco River Narrows is a swimming hole accessible only by a strenuous 14-mile round-trip hike through a riverbed.Hikers are rewarded with deep, clear pools, fern-covered…

An ancient and “nearly naked” black hole that astronomers believe may have been created in the first fraction of a second after the big bang has…

One of the most notable aspects about our planet—if observed from the outside—is that it spins. Earth’s spin defines our days, setting the fundamental rhythm of…

Madeleine Finlay is joined by Ian Sample to discuss three intriguing science and environment stories. From a breakthrough in the quest to create organs in the…