Bouncing back from adversity

Faced with climate change, a pandemic, and political unrest around the globe, it can feel all too easy to succumb to a sense of hopelessness. How do some people bounce back from adversity faster than Continue Reading →

Do today: find something new about the universe

“Understand the fundamental nature of the universe,” reads the sticky-note on the desktop computer of Isobel Ojalvo, assistant professor of physics. It serves as a reminder of her greatest aspiration, her motivation to take steps Continue Reading →

Soaking up the sun

Across our solar system, supersonic winds of charged particles from the sun blow at a million miles per hour. These winds form a protective bubble around our entire solar system that shields us from galactic Continue Reading →

Our fusion future

Brutal heat waves marked the summer of 2022, which brought us the hottest July ever recorded in the United States. Scientists and experts regard global warming as the crisis of our time, and with fossil Continue Reading →