InStarts With A Bang!byEthan SiegelOur first “Earth-like” exoplanets probably won’t have atmospheresSeeking life beyond the Solar System, we first look to the closest star systems with Earth-like planets. Here’s why that’s not good enough.Feb 129Feb 129
Gideon M-K; Health NerdThe Problem With VaccinesWhen a public health intervention is literally too good.Feb 1253Feb 1253
InStarts With A Bang!byEthan SiegelHow the Moon’s two Grand Canyons formed in mere minutesOur Moon is full of craters, basins, and ancient lava flows. But two large lunar Grand Canyons have the same origin: a single, giant…Feb 117Feb 117
InAge of EmpathybyAnne SpollenSports-Impaired in America — A Brief History of Life on the BenchIn the menu of life, sports are not for everyoneFeb 1023Feb 1023
InStarts With A Bang!byEthan SiegelMeet N79: home to the Local Group’s newest super star clusterThere are only four super star clusters in all the Local Group: rarities today. Here’s what the youngest, the just-discovered N79, shows…Feb 10Feb 10
umair haqueA Teaching on Consciousness, or Your Life in an Age of CollapseI’m going to cross-post from my new place, the issue, for a while. These are difficult and frightening times. We need to come together…Feb 732Feb 732
InCounter ArtsbyMarc BarhamTwo Great Narratives Of ReentryRevolution, Revenge And RedemptionFeb 313Feb 313
InBouncin’ and Behavin’ BlogsbyThe Mouthy Renegade WriterSurviving a Government That’s Fucking Failing Its PeopleHow to Be Mouthy and Covert at the Same Damn TimeFeb 811Feb 811
InWise & WellbyThe Conversation U.S.Fake Scientific Papers Contaminate Legitimate Scholarly OutputSham journals publish bogus studies that cloud and delay publication of real science on lifesaving treatmentsFeb 629Feb 629
InStarts With A Bang!byEthan SiegelAsk Ethan: Why doesn’t dark matter collapse due to gravity?Here in our Universe, both normal and dark matter can be measured astrophysically. But only normal matter can collapse. Why is that?Feb 712Feb 712
InStarts With A Bang!byEthan SiegelGovernment-censored science ruined the USSR. Is the USA next?With a flurry of threats to scientists, science funding, and health policy, the USA now faces a crisis reminiscent of Soviet-era…Feb 624Feb 624
InStarts With A Bang!byEthan SiegelJWST shocks the world with colliding neutron star discoveryFrom LIGO, there weren’t enough neutron star-neutron star mergers to account for our heavy elements. With a JWST surprise, maybe they can.Feb 410Feb 410
Carlyn BecciaThe SAVE Act Will Prevent One-Third of Women From VotingAnd yet, no one is talking about it.Feb 3251Feb 3251
InLet There Be PromptbyAivaras A GrauzinisYou Have Mastered Midjourney. Now What?And some good ideas on what to do with your artJan 228Jan 228
InLet There Be PromptbyAivaras A GrauzinisMidjourney, Hopeless Experiments, and Great OutcomesThere are those days when nothing seems to work. I suppose muses need some days off too. So I was sitting there, a half-finished article on…Jan 31Jan 31
InThe Belladonna ComedybyKara PanzerI Vow to Destroy the Vegetarian CommunityWith this sad, wet sandwich.Jan 2819Jan 2819
InStarts With A Bang!byEthan SiegelAsk Ethan: How are the heaviest elements of all made?Matter is made up largely of atoms, where atomic nuclei can contain up to 100 protons or more. But how were the heaviest elements made?Jan 3112Jan 3112
Jan Sebastian 🖐👩🦰The Medium elephant in the room.🐘 WAZZUP with Medium?Is Medium in trouble financially?🐘I had so many questions!Jan 31112Jan 31112
InStarts With A Bang!byEthan SiegelHow does cosmic inflation fare when put to the ultimate test?Cosmic inflation, proposed back in 1980, is a theory that precedes and sets up the hot Big Bang. After thorough testing, is it still valid?Jan 3011Jan 3011
InStarts With A Bang!byEthan SiegelNew science facilities are needed to keep America greatNew telescopes, radio dishes, and gravitational wave detectors are needed for next-generation science. Will the USA lead the way?Jan 2813Jan 2813