What We Read: Capturing Black Holes

Plus, why shoelaces come untied and zero-waste water.

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  At the heart of the Milky Way, astronomers used a massive telescope network to capture pictures of two black holes.

  

  nationalgeographic.com Note: This link will open in a new window or tab.

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  A common virus could be the culprit behind the onset of Celiac disease.

  

  npr.org Note: This link will open in a new window or tab.

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  Your dreams might not be so secret. In a new study, scientists looked at electrical signatures in the brain to predict what subjects were thinking about while sleeping.

  

  nymag.com Note: This link will open in a new window or tab.

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  Say goodbye to plastic bottles: the water of the future comes in bite-sized edible seaweed packets.

  

  travelandleisure.com Note: This link will open in a new window or tab.

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  “When walking, the combined impact and acceleration on a shoelace totals a whopping 7 gs—about as much as an Apollo spacecraft on reentry to Earth’s atmosphere.”

  

  scientificamerican.com Note: This link will open in a new window or tab.