Do ‘bouncing universes’ have a beginning?

A new study by physicists highlights one way that cyclic or ‘bouncing’ cosmologies fall flat. ‘People proposed bouncing universes to make the universe infinite into the past, but what we show is that one of the newest types of these models doesn’t work…

CT scanner captures entire woolly mammoth tusk

Researchers successfully captured CT images of an entire woolly mammoth tusk. Researchers were able to do a full scan of the tusk in its entirety — or in toto — using a newer clinical CT scanner. The new technology allows for large-scale imaging with…

Banana peels make sugar cookies better for you

Banana peels aren’t always destined for the trash or compost anymore. They’re making their way onto people’s plates, replacing pork in ‘pulled peel’ sandwiches and getting fried up into ‘bacon.’ And now, researchers show that incorporating banana peel …

Banana peels make sugar cookies better for you

Banana peels aren’t always destined for the trash or compost anymore. They’re making their way onto people’s plates, replacing pork in ‘pulled peel’ sandwiches and getting fried up into ‘bacon.’ And now, researchers show that incorporating banana peel …

Stars determine their own masses

Using new simulations, astrophysicists discovered that star formation is a self-regulatory process. In other words, stars themselves set their own masses. This helps explain why stars formed in disparate environments still have similar masses.