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 127139Feb 127139
Gideon M-K; Health NerdThe Problem With VaccinesWhen a public health intervention is literally too good.Feb 122K53Feb 122K53
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 112967Feb 112967
InAge of EmpathybyAnne SpollenSports-Impaired in America — A Brief History of Life on the BenchIn the menu of life, sports are not for everyoneFeb 1084923Feb 1084923
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 10151Feb 10151
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 71.7K33Feb 71.7K33
InCounter ArtsbyMarc BarhamTwo Great Narratives Of ReentryRevolution, Revenge And RedemptionFeb 384913Feb 384913
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 81.1K11Feb 81.1K11
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 61.7K29Feb 61.7K29
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 757712Feb 757712
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 61.4K24Feb 61.4K24
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 41.1K10Feb 41.1K10
Carlyn BecciaThe SAVE Act Will Prevent One-Third of Women From VotingAnd yet, no one is talking about it.Feb 315.9K251Feb 315.9K251
InLet There Be PromptbyAivaras A GrauzinisYou Have Mastered Midjourney. Now What?And some good ideas on what to do with your artJan 229258Jan 229258
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 31410Jan 31410
InThe Belladonna ComedybyKara PanzerI Vow to Destroy the Vegetarian CommunityWith this sad, wet sandwich.Jan 281.3K19Jan 281.3K19
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 3178012Jan 3178012
Jan Sebastian 🖐👩🦰The Medium elephant in the room.🐘 WAZZUP with Medium?Is Medium in trouble financially?🐘I had so many questions!Jan 315.3K112Jan 315.3K112
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 3050011Jan 3050011
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 2867613Jan 2867613