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In September of last year, an observatory at the South Pole detected a tiny streak of blue light deep within the ice below. That observatory is known as…
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The Nobel Prizes in science were awarded this past week, and Massachusetts was well-represented. Two of the three recipients of the physiology and…
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When Marie Curie discovered radioactivity, she kick-started the field of atomic physics and inspired two other female physicists whose work gave rise to…
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Enrico Fermi is a household name in Italy, revered as the greatest Italian scientist of the modern age. But on this side of the Atlantic, he’s less…
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Theoretical physicist Kip Thorne is the executive producer and science advisor for the 2014 film Interstellar. Black holes and gravity anomalies feature…