Steven Sparkman

Steven Sparkman

Steven Sparkman

Recent Work
Milk pouring from a bottle

Organic And Conventional Milk Have A Few (Small) Differences After All

A row of antibiotic pill bottles

Looking To The Ocean Floor For New Antibiotics

Gravitational waves in a simulation of two black holes merging

What's So Exciting About Gravitational Waves?

Gravitational waves from two stars merging

Einstein Was Right: Scientists Just Showed Gravitational Waves Exist

Medicine bottles charting the decline in new antibiotics

Why Are There So Few New Antibiotics?

Health care workers in Brazil fumigate mosquitoes

The Zika Outbreak Is Officially An International Health Emergency

Neurons under a microscope

A Root Cause Of Schizophrenia May Have Finally Been Found

Buzz Aldrin on the moon

Your Favorite Conspiracy Theories Would Have Unraveled By Now

Ants, beetles and spiders found by the "Arthropods of Our Homes" project

You've Got At Least 30 Species Of Bug At Home

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket prepares for launch

SpaceX Still Can't Land A Rocket On Its Floating Landing Pad

The International Space Station in orbit with Earth in the background

A New Company — And Another Astronaut — Will Be Heading To The ISS

An artist's rendition of supernova ASASSN-15lh

This Supernova Is 570 Billion Times Brighter Than The Sun

Sad woman sitting alone in canyon

We're Entering A New Era In How We Treat Depression

Kylo Ren leads First Order stormtroopers.

Box Office Top 3: 'Star Wars' Gets Its First Real Challenge

Reconstruction of the ancient European mummy nicknamed Otzi the iceman

An Iceman's Upset Stomach Can Teach Us About The Earliest Europeans

Newsy animation of the U.S. and China

China Isn't Going To Pass The US In Science Any Time Soon

A protest sign hangs near Cliven Bundy's ranch in Nevada

Why Some Americans Sympathize With The Oregon Militia's Cause

Malheur wildlife refuge headquarters, site of militia occupation

The Ore. Ranchers Got A Militia's Help Whether They Wanted It Or Not

Two scissors cutting strands of DNA

Gene Editing Tool CRISPR Is Making Scientists Face The Hard Questions

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Parents Of Teen Who Died At Football Practice File Wrongful Death Suit

A Lot Happened In Space In 2015

So SpaceX And Blue Origin Can Land Rockets. Now What?

SpaceX Gets Back In The Game With Falcon 9 Launch

The Fight To Save Darwin's Finches From A Blood-Sucking Threat

Putin's 'Gunslinger Gait' May Be From His KGB Training

FAA Says Hobbyists Must Register Their Drones

LA County Sheriff's Office Investigates Fatal Shooting Seen In Video

There May Soon Be A Better Way To Treat Chronic Pain

If The Oceans Keep Heating Up, Ocean Life Could Stop Making Oxygen

There's A New Front-Runner In The Reusable Rockets Race