 
					Senior physics writer Emily Conover joined Science News in 2016. She has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago, where she studied the weird ways of neutrinos, tiny elementary particles that can zip straight through the Earth. She got her first taste of science writing as a AAAS Mass Media Fellow for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She has previously written for Science Magazine and the American Physical Society. She is a two-time winner of the D.C. Science Writers’ Association Newsbrief award, and a winner of the Acoustical Society of America’s Science Communication Award.
 
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All Stories by Emily Conover
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- 			 Science & Society Science & SocietyCuriosityStream satisfies a science-hungry audienceCuriosityStream, an online streaming service, offers viewers a plethora of science documentaries, including originals from Stephen Hawking and David Attenborough. 
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- 			 Physics PhysicsLIGO snags another set of gravitational wavesTwo black holes stirred up the third set of gravitational waves ever detected. 
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- 			 Physics PhysicsNaked singularity might evade cosmic censorPhysicists demonstrate the possibility of a “naked” singularity in curved space. 
- 			 Particle Physics Particle PhysicsAntiproton count hints at dark matter annihilationAntimatter in cosmic rays could be a sign of dark matter. 
- 			 Quantum Physics Quantum PhysicsKey Einstein principle survives quantum testParticles in quantum superposition adhere to the equivalence principle in atomic test. 
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- 			 Physics PhysicsGamma-ray evidence for dark matter weakensExcess gamma rays are still unexplained, but they might not come from dark matter. 
- 			 Particle Physics Particle PhysicsCollider data hint at unexpected new subatomic particlesA set of particle decay measurements could be evidence for new physics.