The So What? Project · Episode

Everyday modern devices using GPS and Wi-Fi came to exist because wireless research didn't go as expected.

"There is the thing that everybody’s been looking for for 50 years."

Astronomers may have found a long-sought wind from Sagittarius A*, offering a glimpse into how typical supermassive black holes shape their environment.

The Discovery of an Active Wind from the Milky Way’s Central Black Hole, Gorski, Mark D., Murchikova, Lena

By creating the most detailed map ever of cold gas around Sagittarius A*, astronomers have provided compelling evidence for a long-sought black-hole wind Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter...

Plus: the chance of the Milky Way and Andromeda colliding just went up. Maybe.

I flera tusen år har älgarna vandrat samma leder för att komma till sommarens rika betesmarker. For several thousand years the moose have walked the same path to get to the rich pastures of summer. F...

We estimate the Hollyfeld Gambit for the Powerball lottery and its return on investment compared to present and extrapolated federal funding for astrophysical grants. Using a Monte Carlo estimation of...

ALT: a woman in a black coat says " if that 's not cause for alcohol "

Carbon monoxide (CO) emission is a widely used tracer of molecular hydrogen (H$_2$) in the interstellar medium (ISM), owing to its abundance, low excitation energy, and ease of detection in cold molec...

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On Thursday evening, dozens of researchers hosted a science fair at UCLA to demonstrate the long-term impact of frozen grants.

United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

The Trump administration has so far frozen about $11 billion in research funding. University leaders say no other source can fill the void.

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

As funding dries up, US universities will need to reconsider traditional tenure requirements.

YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA