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A panel of physicists and astronomers grapple with possible cracks in our modern creation myth, the standard model of cosmology.

In honor of the impending total solar eclipse on April 8th, we present this special eclipse podcast.

Philip Souza’s research is focused on the sounds that fish along the Texas Gulf Coast make to attract mates or defend territory.

The work relies in part on a transformer model, similar to the ones that power ChatGPT.

Like the Hubble Space Telescope before it, the James Webb Space Telescope has the potential to change the course of astronomy.

Biologist Edward LeBrun is weaponizing a natural pathogen to use as a biocontrol for tawny crazy ants from South America that have become prevalent in...

Steven Weinberg aimed to distill the rules of physics down to their simplest, most beautiful essence.

Steven Weinberg was best known for his Nobel-prize winning work that unified two fundamental forces of nature — electromagnetism and the weak force.

Frogs are also struggling through their own pandemic that has several eerie parallels with COVID-19.

Today we’re doing something a little different. We’re bringing you an excerpt from another great podcast produced here at the University of Texas at Austin...