The cosmic web is mostly dark matter. Gas, both hot and cold, makes up a smaller part. Galaxies are scattered throughout the web. Interactions between galaxies and the web are crucial for galaxy ...

For the first time, astronomers have caught a glimpse of shock waves rippling along strands of the cosmic web — the enormous tangle of galaxies, gas and dark matter that fills the observable universe.

Artificial-intelligence tools offer a variety of approaches to help scientists to sift through the literature — how can researchers use them responsibly? Artificial-intelligence (AI) tools are ...

A spider weaving its intricate web is a bit like a person composing a song, at least in the eyes of MIT materials engineer Markus Buehler, whose research involves translating web structure into ...

Filaments of fungi intertwine with the tips of tree roots to form underground networks that seem to benefit both organisms: the filaments, called hyphae, break down minerals in the soil that trees can ...

Before the invention of the World Wide Web (WWW), the earliest internet users were mainly researchers and military personnel. The network was complicated and, although it was possible to share files ...

“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” With a sly grin that I’d soon come to recognize, Paul Ginsparg quoted Michael Corleone from The Godfather. Ginsparg, a physics professor at ...

Imagine waking up in a world where you couldn’t message your friends, watch puppy videos, look up homework help, or play games with someone living across the globe. Hard to picture, right? Yet, only a ...

Researchers looked at thousands of spider news stories to study how sensationalized information spreads. Their findings could be broadly applicable. By Oliver Whang We live in a world filled with ...

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Even spiders, it seems, have fallen victim to misinformation. Media reports about people’s encounters with spiders tend to be full of falsehoods with a distinctly negative spin. An analysis of a ...