May 20, 20254
Extreme heat is the number-one weather-related killer in the U.S., causing hundreds to thousands of deaths every year. And available estimates are assuredly undercounts because heat is not always accounted for
The regular dodecagon and the blue star inside it both have a side length of 1 unit. What is the area of the star?Show puzzle solutionThe regular dodecagon with side length
The beginning of June marks the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, the six-month period when strong storms can brew in the ocean and then wreak havoc on land. Among the
Most people have never heard of vacuum decay, but if it happened it would be the biggest natural disaster in the universe. Sure, an asteroid could destroy a city or wipe
On what might have been the proudest day of Jack Burns’s long career in astronomy, he was sitting on a beach. Orbital dynamics and launch schedules wait for no one, and
Every morning Kathy Reagan Young steps out of the shower in her Virginia Beach home, towels off, dons a pair of protective goggles and stands nine inches from a light box
Jennifer N. R. SmithThe Social Lives of MitochondriaIn 2020, on a trip to Devon, England, Jennifer N. R. Smith (above) went swimming in the sea. Just as night fell, the water