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Matt Davis
Matt Davis writes stories about science, technology, bizarre anecdotes from history, esoteric odds and ends, bleak but nevertheless fascinating environmental issues, and whatever else grabs his easily grabbed attention.
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White-nose syndrome is nearly as lethal to bats as the Black Plague was for humans.
Talking about climate change doesn't have to be an argument over Thanksgiving dinner. Some people, though maybe not all, can be persuaded.
Proxima Centauri, our closest star, is more than 4 light years away. Reaching it under 10,000 years will be challenging; reaching it with living humans will be even harder.
Between Carl Sagan's laughter, the brainwaves of somebody in love, and a live theremin concert, humanity has sent a lot of data out into the stars.
Carl Sagan—who first coined the term—was tempted to call them "star-tar."
In theory, we could use high-energy lasers to make our own artificial black holes, potentially capturing the enormous energy they emit.
Depending on the answer, one of the famous unsolved Millennium problems could have major implications in our lives.