It took five years to build this cosmic map, but it’s already a challenge for Einstein.

Desi's 5,000-fiber array maps 47 million galaxies in 3D, charting the universe's massive web of filaments and voids ©claire Lamman

Scientists using dark energy spectroscopy instruments have completed a five-year survey of the sky, mapping the universe beyond their original goals and asking new questions about the forces driving the expansion of the universe. dark energy spectrometer known as Digihas completed its first five years of research, providing the most detailed three-dimensional map of the … Read more

Kenyan women challenge fishing taboos as climate change threatens Lake Victoria

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Kagwell, Kenya — Rhoda Ongoche Akechi still remembers the whispers that followed her to the water in 2002. At 39 years old, the mother of seven was about to break one of Lake Victoria’s oldest taboos: women boarding fishing boats. The now 61-year-old said: “People were claiming that if a woman went into the water … Read more