Matthew Clapp

Motion

Where did the Universe come from?

To answer any physical question, you must ask the Universe itself. But what happens when the answers aren't around anymore?

Motion

Scientists Find Unexplained Waves Inside the Sun That Defy Known Physics

The undetermined nature of the newly discovered waves promises "novel physics" about the Sun and stars, reports a new study.

Motion

Hunting the Ghost Particle

It came from deep space, moving at the speed of light, and crashed into Antarctica. Deep below the ice, it met its end. It wasn't an asteroid or alien spacecraft, but a particle that rarely interacts with matter, known as a neutrino.

Motion

The Mystery of Time’s Arrow

This simple model of the universe shows how one natural law points toward order.

Culture

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

What, exactly, did the Navy encounter over 15 years ago off the Southern California coast, when fighter pilots spotted a UFO? These men were there, too⁠—and it’s time they tell their side of the story.

Culture

Penguin Post Office is Hiring!

If you want to work at the world’s most remote post office, you’ll need to be able to count penguins. The position is based in Antarctica, and the job responsibilities include maintaining the historic site, catering to tourists, and collecting environmental data.

Culture

Is Rural Americans’ Identity Anti-Science?

Even before this pandemic, America had a long history of resistance to public health measures and new vaccines, but now that resistance is increasingly polarized by geography and party.

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Wormholes could solve a fundamental paradox

A seemingly intractable black hole paradox first proposed by physicist Stephen Hawking could finally be resolved — by wormholes through space-time.

Mind

Does consciousness come from the brain’s electromagnetic field?

Some 2,700 years ago in the ancient city of Sam’al, in what is now modern Turkey, an elderly servant of the king sits in a corner of his house and contemplates the nature of his soul. His name is Katumuwa.

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See The Jaw-Dropping New 83 Megapixel Photo Of The Sun

If you only look at one “space photo” this year then this one has to be it. Here it is to download—the Sun, our life-giver, in stunning 83-megapixel glory. You can zoom-in like never before to see close-up its filaments and flares.

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Aliens Created Our Universe in a Lab, Scientist Suggests

Could our universe have been created in a petri dish? Avi Loeb seems to think so. The Harvard astronomer posits that a higher “class” of civilization may have conjured up our universe in a laboratory far, far away.

Life

How Does a Caterpillar Turn into a Butterfly?

To become a butterfly, a caterpillar first digests itself. But certain groups of cells survive, turning the soup into eyes, wings, antennae and other adult structures.