Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Getty Images Plus. Last week, following the deadly fires that ripped through Maui, a blurry photo circulated on social media showing a massive explosion lighting ...

Last week, following the deadly fires that ripped through Maui, a blurry photo circulated on social media showing a massive explosion lighting up a horizon at dusk. From the flames, a beam of light ...

At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic ...