States Are Moving to Protect Access to Vaccines
With US Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. already shaking up federal vaccine policy, some states are…
Category: Science
AC or DC: Which Is Better?
Your gadgets run on direct current, but the electricity in your home is alternating current. What’s up with that?
The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children
For years, Philip Goulder has been obsessed with a particularly captivating idea: In the hunt for an HIV cure, could…
Trump Promised to ‘Drill, Baby, Drill.’ The New Rigs Are Nowhere to Be Found
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ quarterly survey of over 130 oil and gas producers based in Texas, Louisiana, and…
Peacock Feathers Are Stunning. They Can Also Emit Laser Beams
Peacock feathers are greatly admired for their bright iridescent colors, but it turns out they can also emit laser light…
Efforts to Ground Physics in Math Are Opening the Secrets of Time
Now, three mathematicians have finally provided such a result. Their work not only represents a major advance in Hilbert’s program,…