October 23, 20244 min readCould Colossal Black Hole Jets Have Shaped the Early Universe?Supermassive black holes can expel jets of material so vast and powerful that they may shape the large-scale structure of the cosmosBy Saima S. IqbalAn artist's illustration...
The Segal Center presents a reading of the first English translation of Carl Credé’s 1929 play Gequälte Menschen (Tortured Humans) by American translator Emily Elizabeth Gasda. Credé’s drama, first directed by Erwin Piscator, explores how a national abortion ban in...
When a star goes supernova in a giant explosion, it can clear away nearby mattermuratart/Shutterstock The blast from a supernova should be enough to clear almost all the dust from the solar system, and this may have last happened 3...
The Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) will host a National Convening during Encuentro 2024: A National Theatre Festival in Los Angeles, California!The LTC will be partnering with the Latino Theatre Company to create programming specifically for the Commons during the second...
This coalition also revealed disappointing yet predictable metrics. Bellamy reflects, “You can look at organizations over a ten-year period. I remember looking at a predominantly white institution (PWI) in the Twin Cities that grew 70 percent, and Penumbra grew one...
Before now, no one had studied the brain before, during and after taking hormonal birth controlShutterstock / Krakenimages The largest brain imaging study of a woman to date shows that hormonal birth control can decrease brain volume – though it...
A scanning electron micrograph of Marburg virus particlesNIAID Rwanda is facing its first ever Marburg virus outbreak. Beginning in late September, 62 cases and 15 deaths had been reported by 17 October, mostly among healthcare workers in Kigali, the capital...
Few novelists are as adept at inspiring both horror and awe as Jeff VanderMeer. The author is perhaps best known for his award-winning Southern Reach series, of which the first three installments—Annihilation, Authority and Acceptance—were published in 2014. The books...
During the 2022 La Niña season, wild storms lashed the Gold Coast in Australiazstock/Shutterstock An expected shift to cool La Niña conditions in the Pacific Ocean has been delayed again. Forecasters now project only a weak event to emerge by...
Archaeologists cleaning excess mud off the Bronze Age spadeWessex Archaeology A wooden spade from the Bronze Age has been unearthed by archaeologists in the UK. It is incredibly rare to find wooden artefacts preserved from so long ago. The spade...
