Written by Elaine Zuo Known as the “God particle“, the Higgs boson is a subatomic particle that is theorized to be the reason why everything in the universe has mass. Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva have recently found significant hints of the particle, the last missing part of the Standard Model [...]

Written by: Alexandra Paskulin A recent eruption on the surface of the sun produced the most powerful solar radiation storm since 2003, creating spectacular auroras across the northern hemisphere last week. On Jan. 23, the surface of the sun erupted in a powerful, M8.7 class solar flare, according to the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory. The [...]

Nobody wants to admit how honestly lame they are at multitasking because they would have to admit to fudging on their job application (or lying during the interview process). Corporations require multitasking in their job postings to merit qualifications, and supervisors demand it in the workplace to substantiate productivity. The Catch-22 is that if multitasking [...]

Flutes carved from bones unearthed by archaeologists at Neanderthal burial sites tell a story:  humans have been music-making since the beginning of humankind, spanning every culture throughout the world. We can theorize that music developed from spiritual rituals and communal customs, but while ancient history and the human brain don’t easily reveal their mysteries, we [...]

In a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, scientists have developed an active anti-microbial bandages. Previous to this new approach, many wound dressings contained silver as an agent to fight against microbial activity; however, the downside to the metal was that it inhibited human cells from regrowing, and merely weeded out [...]

When a group of participants were persuaded to think that they had superior vision, scientists were astounded at what they discovered. April’s issue of Psychological Science reported that Ellen Langer (Harvard University psychologist) and her colleagues had discovered further evidence to suggest that vision doesn’t only depend on information transferring between the eyes to the [...]

With the thousands of photographs taken of the far reaches of heavenly space, it was a difficult task trying to select one single portrait to use in celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope‘s 20th anniversary. After a grueling discussion, Hubble astronomers settled on a new angle: a close-up shot of a portion of the Carina [...]