Stories by Kelso Harper

Brookhaven National Laboratory is pushing the boundaries of particle physics.

Take a walk through Prospect Park with Wild NYC writer Ryan Mandelbaum and learn to connect with nature no matter how urban your environment is.

There are real, physiological reasons why the same temperature feels different in April and October

We’re taking you inside MIT.nano, a clean laboratory facility that is critical to nanoscale research, from microelectronics to medical nanotechnology.

The founder of Adventure Scientists explains how community science is the ultimate civic engagement

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms worsen right before and during a period, a new study finds, and this could affect treatment

Linguist and sociophonetician Nicole Holliday analyzes the language used by candidates in the recent presidential and vice presidential debates

NASA flight engineer Matthew Dominick’s astrophotography helps us see our world—from space

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick speaks with Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman about how he captures jaw-dropping images from space

We cover Mars mission updates, a new brain implant that shows promise for Parkinson’s, the latest on the mpox outbreak, and more in this week’s new roundup.

A sociophonetician explains presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s intonational patterns and the way that the properties of candidates’ speech influences how they are perceived.

Here’s what the team at Science Vs learned about prostates and pleasure in its quest to understand the “male G-spot.”

The space junk polluting low-Earth orbit sometimes makes its way to Earth. Here’s how one astronomer responded when SpaceX debris fell on a nearby farm.

We cover the science stories of the Olympics, concerns about artificial sweeteners and a new theory of how the pyramids were built in this week’s news roundup.

A new blood test for cancer, helpful cat parasites and a new kind of wood are featured in this week’s news roundup.

Archaeoastronomers piece together how people understood the heavens thousands of years ago.

A group on the islands of Penghu is restoring ancient fishing weirs, hoping to preserve the sustainable fishing practice and attract ecotourism.

The Seine will be the stage for the Paris 2024 Olympics’ Opening Ceremony—and for its marathon swimming events. But this urban waterway is challenging to keep clean.

Belief in witchcraft and sorcery is deeply rooted in Papua New Guinea's culture and history, but it can lead to violence, particularly against women. Local public health experts are working to end this violence through education.

To unravel the effects of melting sea ice, researchers drill the frozen waters around Antarctica and receive a surprise visit from a group of penguins.

Sweltering heat in Greece, ozone-damaging chemicals on the decline and an investigation of what space does to our body are all in this week’s news roundup.

The Hubble Space Telescope’s woes, moon rocks and antibiotic candidates discovered with AI are all in this week’s news roundup.

Vaccine misinformation on social media, smartphone addiction in teens, and more are discussed in this week’s news roundup.

A rare geomagnetic storm lit up skies, eerie AI demonstrations and a cautionary word about raw milk.