News

  1. Earth

    Remnants of Earth’s original crust preserve time before plate tectonics

    Canadian rocks containing bits from 4.2 billion years ago suggest that full-fledged plate tectonics had a late start.

    By Thomas Sumner
  2. Physics

    Superfluid helium behaves like black holes

    Simulations of superfluid helium show it follows the same unusual entropy rule that black holes do.

    By Emily Conover
  3. Astronomy

    Distant galaxies lack dark matter, study suggests

    Slower-than-expected velocities of stars in distant galaxies, if confirmed, could reshape astronomers’ ideas of galaxy formation and evolution.

    By Ashley Yeager
  4. Neuroscience

    Making a mistake can put your brain on ‘pause’

    When there’s not much time to recover, one error can lead to another.