In recent weeks, coronavirus led to the shutdown of many university campuses and other institutions for research and learning in the United States and around the world. There’s always work that you can do from home. But parts of the scientific process can only be completed in the lab, or at another location where fieldwork […]…Continue Reading Article: When Coronavirus Closes Your Lab, Can Science Go On?
Day: August 16, 2020
Article: How Do You Solve a Moon Mystery? Fire a Laser at It
The moon is drifting away. Every year, it gets about an inch and a half farther from us. Hundreds of millions of years from now, our companion in the sky will be distant enough that there will be no more total solar eclipses. For decades, scientists have measured the moon’s retreat by firing a laser at […]…Continue Reading Article: How Do You Solve a Moon Mystery? Fire a Laser at It