Ancient Maya houses show wealth inequality is tied to despotic governance

Every society has some degree of wealth inequality—over history, across continents, there always seem to be…

Aerosol formation in clouds: Studying climate modeling's last great uncertainty factor

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have studied for the first time how chemical reactions…

Weird earthquake reveals hidden mechanism

The wrong type of earthquake in an area where there should not have been an earthquake…

New study triples estimate of red snapper in Gulf of Mexico

There are about three times as many red snapper as previously estimated in the Gulf of…

Optical fiber could boost power of superconducting quantum computers

The secret to building superconducting quantum computers with massive processing power may be an ordinary telecommunications…

Semiconductor qubits scale in two dimensions

The heart of any computer, its central processing unit, is built using semiconductor technology, which is…

Rodenticides in the environment pose threats to birds of prey

Over the past decades, the increased use of chemicals in many areas led to environmental pollution…

Cosmic mouthful: Tasters savor fine wine that orbited Earth

It tastes like rose petals. It smells like a campfire. It glistens with a burnt-orange hue.…

Fighting 'forever chemicals' with microbes

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are some of the most persistent environmental pollutants, earning them the…

News media keeps pressing the mute button on women's sports

The talented athletes are there. The cheering fans are there. But the media? It’s nowhere to…