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Mathematics Dec 6, 2022

Statistics star number crunches Christmas, shows how math can help your decorations look tree-mendous

The festive countdown is in full swing and numbers are uppermost in mind, as people manage tighter budgets and fill their social calendars with long-awaited gatherings now the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic has passed.

Social Sciences Dec 5, 2022

Fashion brand's controversial new campaign and the long history of 'shockvertising'

Kim Kardashian is refining her personal brand. Right-wing news outlet Fox TV is gaining viewers through attention-grabbing headlines. Photographer Gabriele Galimberti is gaining notoriety. All this is due to a recent advertising ...

Astronomy Nov 30, 2022

Most distant detection of a black hole swallowing a star

Earlier this year, the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) was alerted after an unusual source of visible light had been detected by a survey telescope. The VLT, together with other telescopes, ...

Optics & Photonics Nov 28, 2022

Researchers develop programmable optical device for high-speed beam steering

In a scene from "Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope," R2D2 projects a three-dimensional hologram of Princess Leia making a desperate plea for help. That scene, filmed more than 45 years ago, involved a bit of movie magic—even ...

Social Sciences Nov 21, 2022

Rappers are victims of an epidemic of gun violence—just like all of America

Add the name of Takeoff, a member of the popular rap trio Migos, to the ever-growing list of rappers, recent and past, tragically and violently killed.

Earth Sciences Nov 21, 2022

Arctic carbon conveyor belt discovered

Every year, the cross-shelf transport of carbon-rich particles from the Barents and Kara Seas could bind up to 3.6 million metric tons of CO2 in the Arctic deep sea for millennia. In this region alone, a previously unknown ...

Astronomy Nov 14, 2022

Research unveils birthplace of gold-rich stars

A team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame and Tohoku University have revealed the birthplace of so-called "gold-rich" stars—stars with an abundance of heavy elements beyond iron, including the "jewelry store ...

Astronomy Nov 8, 2022

How MIRI became Webb's coolest instrument

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is widely referred to as the successor to the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. In reality, it is the successor to a lot more than that. With the inclusion of the Mid-InfraRed Instrument ...

Social Sciences Nov 7, 2022

Ye and Adidas break up: Why brand marriages sometimes go bad

Brand partnerships between seemingly disparate companies or organizations are all around us.

Optics & Photonics Nov 2, 2022

World's first optical atomic clock with highly charged ions

Highly charged ions are a common form of matter in the cosmos, where they are found, for example, in the sun or other stars. They are so called because they have lost many electrons and therefore have a high positive charge. ...

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