Allison Eck
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Boston, MA, United States
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Bioluminescent Bays Shine Light on Puerto Rico's Resilience — NOVA Next
By investigating the response of bioluminescent bays to Hurricane Maria, scientists are finding light in dark places. → Read More
Scientists Draw New Spider Web Family Tree — NOVA Next
A new study challenges the idea that orb-weaving spiders have a single common ancestor. → Read More
Can We Colonize Mars? — NOVA Next
Amidst rising global nuclear tensions, SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk is calling for drastic action. He wants humans to colonize Mars—stat. → Read More
Experts Don't Really Know Where These Flamingos Are Coming From — NOVA Next
You may have heard about stubborn turkeys. But you might not know about the random, persistent flamingos that are settling in Florida. → Read More
Linguists Discover New Language Spoken By Just 280 People — NOVA Next
Researchers from Sweden's Lund University have discovered a previously unknown language spoken by a small hunter-gatherer community. → Read More
Big Idea of 2017: Cosmic Discoveries in Space and Time — NOVA Next
Particle physics and cosmologist were the stars of some of 2017's most Earth-shattering science discoveries. → Read More
Plants Can Pass Out Just Like Humans — NOVA Next
But studying how plants respond could help scientists gain a more thorough understanding of how anesthesia works. → Read More
Scientists Reverse Arrow of Time in Quantum Experiment — NOVA Next
The arrow of time can be reversed, according to a new study involving correlated quantum particles. → Read More
Astronomers Have Identified a Space Rock From Outside Our Solar System — NOVA Next
And its composition is similar to some comets and asteroids in our own solar system. → Read More
These Sheep Learned to Recognize Pictures of Obama and Other Celebrities — NOVA Next
Scientists have discovered that sheep are about as capable of recognizing faces as monkeys or humans. → Read More
Cosmic-Ray Muons Reveal Hidden Void in the Great Pyramid — NOVA Next
The gaping hole could help answer questions about how the ancient wonder was built. → Read More
Cosmic-Ray Muons Reveal Hidden Void in the Great Pyramid — NOVA Next
The gaping hole could help answer questions about how the ancient wonder was built. → Read More
New Wormhole Could Resolve the Black Hole Information Paradox — NOVA Next
A new theory is percolating among physicists that presupposes the existence of a traversable wormhole. → Read More
Scientists Detect 'Missing' Half of Universe's Normal Matter — NOVA Next
For the first time, scientists have identified half of the normal matter in our universe that was predicted in mathematical models but not yet observed. → Read More
Physicists Confirm That We're Not Living In a Computer Simulation — NOVA Next
Scientists have discovered that it's impossible to model the physics of our universe on even the biggest computer. → Read More
Physicists Confirm That We're Not Living In a Computer Simulation
Scientists have discovered that it's impossible to model the physics of our universe on even the biggest computer. → Read More
This Animal Sleeps But Has No Brain — NOVA Next
For the first time, scientists have identified a brainless animal—the jellyfish Cassiopea—that exhibits sleeplike behavior. → Read More
Gravity Could Be the Result of Random Quantum Fluctuations — NOVA Next
A new theory takes a feature of a quantum mechanical model and shows how it can generate gravity. → Read More
Scientists Generate Quantum Entanglement in Space For the First Time — NOVA Next
The entangled photons were beamed to three ground stations across China, each separated by more than 700 miles—a new record. → Read More
Want to Help Fight Climate Change? Try Eating Some Beans — NOVA Next
A nationwide effort to swap beef with beans could help the U.S. meet more than 50% of its emissions goals by the year 2020. → Read More