IGO Livingston Observatory (Credit: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab)
Last week brought news that scientists confirmed Einstein's predicted ripples in spacetime. Tabitha M. Powledge calls it the biggest science news of 2016: "The ability to see/hear gravitational waves is a new way of perceiving the universe. Nobel Prize stuff, without question. It is also generating heady dreams for the future of cosmological science." Also, who's likely to win that Nobel? And what does the Supreme Court vacancy mean for climate change and health care?
