It’s rare that a blurry photo makes the front pages, but this week’s first image of a black hole did just that. For anyone who has not thought about black holes since Astro101, these photos seem to turn myth into reality. More accurately, they show that it’s possible to see something that can’t be directly […]
The root of the matter. Recent scientific research on mycorrhizal networks brings a whole new layer of meaning to the Rumi quote above. These networks – made up of the fuzzy stuff that surrounds root systems of trees and other plants – have finally been getting the attention they deserve. It turns out that there’s […]