It was heard in over 50 different locations around the globe. A lithograph of the massive 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. From The eruption of Krakatoa, and subsequent phenomena, 1888; Parker & Coward; via Wikipedia. On 27 August 1883, the Earth let out a noise louder than any it has made since. It was 10:02 a.m. local time when the sound emerged…

A cryptographic master tool called indistinguishability obfuscation has for years seemed too good to be true. Three researchers have figured out that it can work. In 2018, Aayush Jain, a graduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles, traveled to Japan to give a talk about a powerful cryptographic…

Even genes essential for life can be caught in an evolutionary arms race that forces them to change or be replaced.

Williamina Fleming was just supposed to help the director of the Harvard Observatory with household tasks. Instead, she changed the course of astronomy. Photos courtesy of the Harvard University Archives. Williamina Paton Fleming had a choice. She could let the laughter die down and allow herself to be the butt of the joke, or she could stand up, turning the joke on its head and using the moment to her advantage.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs to enable the colonization of Mars.[9][10][11] …

NASA is launching a 4G mobile network on the moon. NASA has granted Nokia $14.1 million to build the first-ever 4G mobile network on the moon. Under its Artemis program, NASA plans to send astronauts and a “sustainable” human presence to the moon by 2028. Nokia’s 4G network will allow astronauts to carry out a number of activities including making…