Sam Macdonald

Some people might live for fashion but what if your clothes lived for you? That’s the premise behind a new material made of fungi—the textile remains alive even after it’s manufactured. In a new paper, researchers describe how this biodegradable material ... See more

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on its way to a metal-rich asteroid beyond Mars—and it’s enjoying the scenic route. In a flyby maneuver earlier this year, Psyche used the planet’s gravity to reshape its trajectory, all while capturing images that NASA has sti... See more

For most of the past century, mathematicians have been exploring the limits of Ramsey theory, the study of order hiding inside chaos—or, more accurately, how much disorder can be packed into a system before order must inevitably emerge. Progress has been ... See more

Römischer Beton: Die stabilste Latrine der Geschichte Etwa 27 Kilometer östlich von Rom findet man die Überreste einer Latrine, deren Beton nun seit fast 2000 Jahren überdauert. Dieser Beton hat das Weltreich, dessen Bauleute das Material gegossen haben, ... See more

Brain and spinal cord tumors are the deadliest childhood cancers, and treatments for the most aggressive forms often leave families with few options. Now an experimental immune-cell therapy has cleared an important early hurdle, with several children rema... See more