Viral New Superconductivity Claims Leave Many Scientists Skeptical

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July 28, 2023

Materials Science Viral New Superconductivity Claims Leave Many Scientists Skeptical Researchers say they have discovered a new room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor, but many scientists are unconvinced By Dan Garisto

Materials Science Controversial Physicist Faces Mounting Accusations of Scientific Misconduct Allegations of data fabrication have sparked the retraction of multiple papers from Ranga Dias, a researcher who claimed discovery of a room-temperature superconductor By Dan Garisto,Nature magazine

Epidemiology Why Maternal Mortality Rates Are Getting Worse Across the U.S. A new study shows U.S. maternal mortality rates are increasing, and health care providers and advocacy groups are racing to build better care for new parents By Lucy Tu

Climate Change How We Can Adapt to Live with Extreme Heat We can run from hurricanes, hide behind seawalls and buy wildfire insurance. Here's how we can try to live with heat waves By Daniel Cusick,E&E News

Defense Here's What 'Oppenheimer' Gets Right--and Wrong--about Nuclear History Here's what a historian who has studied J. Robert Oppenheimer for two decades has to say about the new Christopher Nolan film on the father of the hydrogen bomb. By Lee Billings,Jeffery DelViscio,Carin Leong | 14:13

Climate Change Forests Are Losing Their Ability to Hold Carbon A new USDA report finds forests could become a major emitter of carbon by 2070 By Minho Kim,E&E News

Planetary Science 'Man in the Moon' Older Than Scientists Thought Revisiting the precious lunar samples on Earth suggests that some areas of the moon's surface might be older than scientists once thought By Meghan Bartels

Mathematics Why Do Cats Land on Their Feet? Physics Explains As it turns out, felines can survive a fall from any height—at least in theory By Manon Bischoff

Animals Are 'Cocaine Sharks' Really Scarfing Down Drugs off Florida's Coasts? With their stealth, speed and serrated teeth, sharks are predators to be reckoned with. And that's before factoring in the cocaine some sharks may be eating By Jack Tamisiea

Mathematics How a Doodler's Problem Sparked a Controversy in Math The twisty history and surprise ending of the four-color theorem saga By Jack Murtagh

Archaeology 1,800-Year-Old Spices Are Earliest Evidence of Curry Making in Southeast Asia Archaeologists found evidence of spices such as turmeric and cloves from ancient Vietnam, suggesting South Asians shared their culinary traditions via an ancient maritime trade route By Timmy Broderick

Sleep Are You a Lucid Dreamer? A sleep researcher who studies what dreams can tell us about the possible onset of some mental disorders believes lucid dreamers might hold a lot of answers in their heads.  By Gary Stix,Jeffery DelViscio | 10:12

BRING SCIENCE HOME Build a Balloon-Powered Car Start your (balloon) engines! Learn how you can power a toy car with air--and a little knowledge of physics. Then challenge a friend to a race!  Credit: George Retseck  Turn a pile of trash into a toy car—and watch it go! In this activity you will learn some physics concepts and use recycled materials to build a toy car that is propelled by a balloon. You can even find a friend, build two cars and race them against each other. Whose car will go the fastest?

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