Stories by Kelso Harper

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.

Kate Russo has seen 13 total solar eclipses, and even she isn't ready for this one.

A team of researchers has an ambitious plan to capture the 2024 total solar eclipse like never before.

We asked a professional astro photographer and eclipse chaser how to take the best photographs and videos of a total solar eclipse.

How artist and astrophysicist Nia Imara makes 3-D prints of the birth of stars

Scientific American’s TikTok delivers piping-hot science in bite-sized videos

Advanced sensors and artificial intelligence could have us at the brink of interspecies communication