Vishay Singh

Author Vishay Singh

Generations of scientists have tried to explain why we sleep. The answer may rest in the most primitive brains. ...read more

Author Vishay Singh

Some 200 people die from drug overdoses every day in America. That’s left officials around the country desperate for solutions. One of the most common — and controversial — ideas is to open supervised injection sites where drug users can take illegal drugs with medical professionals standing by to prevent overdoses and the spread of disease. The scientific evidence shows these sites can save lives. But last month, a controversial new study challenged the oft-claimed benefit ...read more

Author Vishay Singh

As artists and toddlers have long known, paints can provide lots of entertainment. But, not every part of the process is fun: Watching paint dry is synonymous with boredom, like watching the grass grow. It’s almost too bad, because there’s where the magic happens. The (usually) liquid paint drying, and becoming solid, is what gives the art (or school project, or bedroom wall) its longevity, its permanence. You can erase pencil and even some inks, but dried paint is there to stay. T ...read more

Author Vishay Singh

We’ve sent rovers to explore neighboring planets and moons, but we can now check another near-Earth target off of the list. On September 21, Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully deployed two rovers on to the surface of asteroid Ryugu, becoming the first in history to accomplish such a feat. Once there, rover-1A and 1B were quick to get to work. They began exploring the surface, snapping pictures and taking videos, giving us a long-awaited ground-level view of an ...read more