As the United States experiences its latest government shutdown, most of the daily operations of the federal government have ground to a halt. This includes much of the day-to-day work done by federal information technology and cybersecurity employees, including those at the nation’s leading civilian cybersecurity agency, the Cybersecurity and...
What are solar storms and the solar wind? 3 astrophysicists explain how particles coming from the Sun interact with Earth
Curious Kids[1] is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [2]. What is meant by solar storm and solar wind? – Nihal, age 11, Amalapuram, India Every day on Earth, you experience weather. You feel the wind blowing and see clouds move
... Science costs money – research is guided by who funds it and why
Scientists have always needed someone to help foot the bill for their work.
In the 19th century, for example, Charles Darwin made an expensive voyage[1] to the southernmost tip of the Americas, visiting many other places[2] en route, including his famous trek through the Galapagos Islands. The fossil evidence Darwin collected over his...
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How physicists’ clever bookkeeping trick could underlie reality
A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic particles. What happens to these particles within atoms would stay unexplained without this tool. The calculations using virtual particles predict the bizarre behavior of subatomic particles with such uncanny accuracy that some...