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  1. Physics

    LIGO and Virgo made 5 likely gravitational wave detections in a month

    It took decades to find the first gravitational wave event, and now they’re a weekly occurrence.

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  2. Agriculture

    Can Silicon Valley entrepreneurs make crickets the next chicken?

    Entrepreneurs are bringing automation and data analysis to insect agriculture to build a profitable business that helps feed the planet.

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  3. Animals

    Hippo poop cycles silicon through the East African environment

    By chowing down on grass and then excreting into rivers and lakes, hippos play a big role in transporting a nutrient crucial to the food web.

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  4. Planetary Science

    Water has been found in the dust of an asteroid thought to be bone-dry

    Scientists detected water in bits of an asteroid thought to be devoid of the liquid.