How a scientist in a potato field founded the field of radio astronomy
Karl Guthe Jansky, hired to quiet hiss on long-distance phone calls, found radio waves coming from Sagittarius
A scientific correction finds Venus's atmosphere probably does not contain phosphine gas
The initial discovery set off a flurry of excitement. The reality is something more mundane
Two mistakes by a pair of astronomers expanded our knowledge of dying stars
Wade and Hjellming were initially looking for red supergiants. They didn't find them, but that doesn't mean they failed
Retracting publications doesn't stop them from influencing science
"Zombie papers" keep on getting cited, with huge ripple effects
The supposedly oldest impact crater on Earth isn't a crater after all
A history-rewriting discovery in Greenland in 2012 has been debunked
An accidental experiment discovered new cells in cat brains and led to a Nobel Prize
Cats looking at dots inside a tent revealed the different eye cells that process movement and light
How a bearded dragon STI controlled the minds of a cricket colony
The discovery, made by accident, tells us about insects' behavior and gives insight into our own