A steadily growing toolbox is giving researchers the ability to monitor and measure the physical forces that shape embryonic development. Embryonic development is like an elaborate stage production, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Amid the roilings of the Milky Way, immense pockets of gas coalesce into clouds where stars are born. In this process, there is a hidden ...

One of the big challenges in communicating about space and space-time is that the universe is so large the scales are very difficult to imagine. Even just trying to get a sense of our solar system can ...