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Joshua Sokol

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chaos theory

The Hidden Heroines of Chaos

By Joshua Sokol
May 20, 2019
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Two women programmers played a pivotal role in the birth of chaos theory. Their previously untold story illustrates the changing status of computation in science.

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chemistry

Black, Hot Ice May Be Nature’s Most Common Form of Water

By Joshua Sokol
May 8, 2019
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A new experiment confirms the existence of “superionic ice,” a bizarre form of water that might comprise the bulk of giant icy planets throughout the universe.

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astrophysics

With a Second Repeating Radio Burst, Astronomers Close In on an Explanation

By Joshua Sokol
February 28, 2019
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Brief cosmic blips called fast radio bursts have puzzled astronomers since their discovery earlier this decade. Now researchers appear to be close to understanding what powers them.

planetary science

Asteroid Rate Jumped in Solar System’s Past

By Joshua Sokol
January 17, 2019
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An analysis of lunar craters has found that we’ve been living in a relatively violent period in cosmic history.

geophysics

A Universal Law for the ‘Blood of the Earth’

By Joshua Sokol
November 28, 2018
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Simple physical principles can be used to describe how rivers grow everywhere from Florida to Mars.

astrophysics

Astronomers Creep Up to the Edge of the Milky Way’s Black Hole

By Joshua Sokol
October 30, 2018
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Hot spots have been discovered orbiting just outside the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center. Their motions have given us the closest look at that violent environment.

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astrophysics

Star-Swallowing Black Holes Reveal Secrets in Exotic Light Shows

By Joshua Sokol
August 8, 2018
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Black holes occasionally reveal themselves when passing stars get ripped apart by their gravity. These tidal disruption events have created a new way for astronomers to map the hidden cosmos.

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fluid dynamics

Mathematicians Tame Turbulence in Flattened Fluids

By Joshua Sokol
June 27, 2018
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By squeezing fluids into flat sheets, researchers can get a handle on the strange ways that turbulence feeds energy into a system instead of eating it away.

Composite of numerous protoplanetary disc images taken by SPHERE
astronomy

Stellar Disks Reveal How Planets Get Made

By Joshua Sokol
May 21, 2018
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Detailed images of disks swirling around young stars show the details of how solar systems come to be.


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