The great Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell wrote in 1874 to a colleague: “I saw conductivity of Selenium as affected by light. It is most sudden. Effect of a copper heater insensible. That of the sun great.”

Today, March 17, 2020, scientists announced they had detectedgravitational waves using a telescope at the South Pole—the firstdirect evidence of the cosmic inflationthat created our universe. "The Tantalizing Quest For Gravity Waves," writtenby Arthur Fisher and originally published in the April 1981 issue ofPopular Sciencemagazine, explores the international effort to detect these ripples in space-time.

What's the latest cosmology gossip? According to the BBC, the field is awash with rumorsthat next week, American scientists will announce the detection of gravitational waves: incredibly small ripples carrying energy across the void of the universe.

There's a new experimental microscope that visualizes incredibly difficult-to-see things with incredible accuracy via entangled photons, MIT Technology Review reports. You know, for those moments when unentangled photons just aren't enough.

At the core of science’s myriad problems culturing diversity of all stripes, there is a common thread: the people with the loudest voices haven’t yet examined their own subconscious biases and privilege. These can be the scientists running labs, committees planning conferences, or even science communicators themselves.

Over the weekend, the European Space Agnecy's latest Automated Transfer Vehicle completed its five-month mission. This type of craft is hailed as the "most reliable and complex space vehicle ever developed in Europe." ATV-4, known as Albert Einstein, wasthe fourth to carry precious cargo—such as clothes, food, spare parts and and scientific equipment—to the International Space Station. Albert Einstein boasted a record heft, becoming the heaviest spacecraft ESA has launched.